Job Title: Principal Logistics Data & Governance
Location: Glasgow – onsite
We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Up to £45,000 dependant on skills and experience
Who we are:
Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.
From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.
Job Description:
The Principal Logistics Data & Governance Professional supports logistics governance, performance, and continuous improvement within a shipbuilding environment, ensuring efficient and compliant logistics operations. Working with internal teams and a third-party logistics provider, you will drive performance, manage risks, analyse logistics data, and support informed decision-making to deliver cost-effective logistics solutions aligned to programme requirements.
Core duties:
- You will lead logistics governance and assurance activities, including audits, process confirmations, and stock accuracy checks to drive operational efficiency and network optimisation
- Ensure you analyse logistics performance, trends, and cost drivers, developing dashboards and insights to support stakeholder decision-making
- Monitor KPIs across 3PL (third party logistics) and internal operations, ensuring performance meets SHE, cost, quality, and schedule requirements
- You will manage 3PL compliance with contractual SLAs, regulatory obligations, and company policies through robust governance and escalation processes
- Provide expert challenge and guidance to stakeholders and suppliers to improve logistics performance and strategic outcomes
Essential Skills:
- Demonstrable analytical capability, interpreting data, trends, and cost drivers to deliver operational improvements and business value
- Subject matter expertise in logistics governance, 3PL management, and supply chain operations, influencing performance through effective stakeholder challenge and guidance
- Experience leading audits and assurance activities, ensuring compliance, identifying risks, and driving continuous improvement
- Ability to translate complex logistics performance insights into clear recommendations that support informed decision-making
The Logistics Team:
The Logistics team supports shipbuilding programmes by ensuring materials and equipment are available when required. Working across multiple functions, it offers a highly collaborative environment. This role manages the performance, governance, and continuous improvement of a key on-site 3PL partner, ensuring efficient and reliable logistics delivery.
Why BAE Systems?
Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.
A place where everyone can thrive:
We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 22nd July 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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