Defence Procurement Specialist

Defence Procurement Specialist: (Company Name - Subscribers only)

Job Description

Defence Procurement Specialist

Job Location: Basingstoke

Location Flexibility: Primary Location Only

Req Id: 11752

Posting Start Date: 9/16/26

At Fujitsu, we’ve been driven to create a sustainable world through innovation since 1935. Today, we lead in digital transformation globally with our 130,000 employees across 50+ countries. We empower our diverse community to achieve greatness through career development and opportunities. Explore our internal positions and join us in shaping a brighter future. Thank you for being a part of Fujitsu. We look forward to growing together toward a brighter future.

GRF: PRBY12

Work Your Way is our approach to flexible working – this is available from day 1 of joining and part-time hours will also be considered. Our purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As a Procurement Manager you will contribute to this by acting as a trusted commercial and supply chain partner.

Your role will involve

• Act as procurement single point of contact (SPOC) for assigned DNS bids, opportunities, and delivery activity.
• Lead or support sourcing events and obtain supplier quotations directly and/or via the wider central procurement function.
• Maintain bid/quote trackers and provide clear status reporting to bid teams and stakeholders.
• Support onboarding requests for third parties and ensure appropriate due diligence and governance are completed.
• Where required, put appropriate subcontract contractual cover in place, working with Commercial, Legal, and other stakeholders.
• Support the creation and management of teaming agreements and other pre-contract arrangements.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key third parties and stakeholders across DNS, Sales, and Presales.
• Identify and mitigate procurement delivery risks (e.g., single points of failure, capacity constraints, lead times) and propose practical mitigations.
• Operate in accordance with relevant policy, security, and regulatory requirements (including handling of sensitive information and supplier NDAs).

Your transferable skills and experience:

• Significant experience in procurement, sourcing, and supplier management, with strong stakeholder engagement.
• Experience working within defence and/or security environments (or similarly regulated contexts).
• Experience supporting bids/tenders and working at pace to meet commercial deadlines.
• Comfortable interacting across all levels within the business unit and with external suppliers.

You must be willing and eligible to undergo security clearance for this position.

Please note: It’s still worth applying even if you do not meet all the requirements above. We are passionate about investing in you and your career and if you have the transferable skills/ background in Procurement this could be the next opportunity for you.

Your benefits:

26 Days annual leave plus public holidays (3 flexible)

Pension – Double matching contributions of up to 10%

Life assurance

Companywide incentive plans

Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays/ travel/ dental critical illness and more)

Perks at work – employee discounts

Employee assistance programme/ virtual GP

Role dependent benefits: Private medical/ company car or car allowance

Recruitment process

The recruitment process consists of two stages of interviews.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Email EMEIArecruitment@fujitsu.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

Achieve together

We are recognised as a responsible and inclusive employer: Not only are we a certified Disability Confident Leader, a Times Top 50 employer for Gender Equality, a Top 75 employer for Social Mobility, accredited with the Living Wage Foundation and a signatory for the Race at Work Charter, but we are also committed to the United Nations standards for LGBTI+ and a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.

We are people centric: Our work environments enable you to Be Completely You. Our active people-led Inclusive Community networks are representative of all aspects of diversity and are instrumental in enabling and supporting our innovative approach to inclusion.

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Relocation Supported: No

Visa Sponsorship Approved: No

At Fujitsu, we are committed to an inclusive recruitment process that values the diverse backgrounds and experiences of all applicants. We believe that hiring people from a wide variety of backgrounds makes us stronger, not because it’s the right thing to do, but because it allows us to draw on a wider range of perspectives and life experiences.