Supply Chain Sourcing Placement (12 months)

Job Description:

Start date: 21st July 2025

Location: Portsmouth

Duration: 12 Months

Application closing date: We encourage you to apply early to avoid missing out on this opportunity! Please note we will close adverts as soon as we receive sufficient applications.

Benefits:

Salary: 22,250

37 hours per week // Flexible working hours // Half day Fridays! // 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

*subject to completing full hours prior to this

About us: 

As Airbus Defence and Space, we are at the forefront of defining ‘Future Space’ for our customers, enabling their business case with our technical solutions. The commodity management team works alongside the business to bring competitive value from our suppliers (Technical, Commercial, industrial), in ethical and sustainable partnerships with our suppliers.

The internship will be within the Payload Products Commodity group. We manage all sourcing activities for Payload equipment and products for a number of platforms across all business lines for Airbus Defence and Space. This includes Telecommunication, Earth Observation and Navigation Satellites (GEO/MEO/LEO orbits), High Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) and Satellites constellations. Activities range from market research, defining sourcing strategies, getting supplier Proposals, negotiating supplier contracts and managing supplier business relationships for Airbus.

What you will be doing: 

During this internship, the activities you may undertake will include:

• Provide support in Commodity Management tasks through active management of internal knowledge repositories;
• Provide support for market surveys, including documenting supplier data in terms of their capability, financial information, and organization;
• Management of market cost database that could be used for both standard and non-standard products;
• Survey the market for upcoming conferences and highlight potential companies of potential interest;
• Support to tendering and supplier selection processes in line with business needs;
• Accountable for the whole Procurement process with the support of the multi-functional team;
• Develop and implement commodity strategies in order to ensure short and long term competitiveness, and ensure consistency on all Procurement actions for the commodity.

About You!

Our placements are open to Undergraduates only. Therefore it is mandatory for candidates to be an undergraduate for the whole duration of the placement.

*Please  ensure you include your CV and a cover letter for your application to be considered*

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following;

• Studying for a relevant Business, International Business, Engineering and related degrees;
• Good interpersonal skill to work effectively with the team;
• Ability to work independently;
• Pro-active attitude and positive engagement towards learning in a technical environment;
• Organisation skills;
• Professional attitude that will be reflected towards external suppliers and internal stakeholders.

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance OR You will be subject to a BPSS check (including a criminal record check).

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This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

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