Stores Lead

Job Title: Stores Lead

Location: Portsmouth Broad Oak – Fully 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 dependent 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:

You will be responsible for leading the Broad Oak stores operation, ensuring the efficient, compliant, and customer-focused management of inventory, warehouse activities, and associated facilities. Working closely with project teams, supply chain, and senior stakeholders, you will ensure stores services support programme delivery, meet agreed service levels, and drive continuous improvement through proven eadership and performance management.

Core duties:

• You will lead and manage stores operations across Broad Oak and local site stores, ensuring efficient and effective support to Combat Systems programmes
• You will oversee inventory, materials, and logistics activities, maintaining accurate stock records and accountability for multi-million-pound inventory holdings
• You will ensure the timely receipt, storage, handling, and dispatch of materials, delivering high-quality service in line with agreed SLAs
• You will drive continuous improvement in stores processes, operational performance, compliance, and facility utilisation while maintaining high SHE and Quality standards
• You will lead and develop a small stores team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, while ensuring audit readiness and governance compliance

Essential Skills:

• You will be experienced working in a stores or logistic environment
• You will have experience leading day to day tasks within a stores environment
• You will display excellent customer service behaviours – as you will be engaging with stakeholders at various levels across the organisation and managing their requests to successful delivery.
• You will hold a Forklift License or willing to be trained

The Business Operations Team:

The Business Operations team provides essential support services across the business, working closely with a wide range of teams and stakeholders to enable successful programme delivery. As the business continues to grow, this role will play a key part in developing and enhancing stores and logistics capabilities, offering excellent opportunities to make a real impact while building your skills and career.

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: 7th September 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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