Operational Procurement Review
at BAE Systems
Placement (10 Months+)
Procurement
Portsmouth
Review Submitted: September 2024
Overall Rating
5 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
I look into the market and find competitive rates for both commercial and company proprietary parts/ materials, ensuring that the products/ services we receive deliver on cost, quality and scheduling. On a day to day basis, I send Request for Quotation documents to suppliers and evaluate who has the best offers based on price, Lead Time and order quantities. I work with various pricing tools and data bases to help me make informed decisions before executing purchases
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
My placement involved training while on the job where I essentially was trained how to use various tools and databases through executing and issuing out actual purchase orders. I had someone in a senior position watching what I was doing as I attempted to complete data analysis before being slowly left to complete small projects by myself. Now, I can complete large projects purely by myself and am trusted to do so ONLY after it became apparent that I was capable of doing so
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- Proficiency in Excel in data analytics and visualisation
- ability to traverse through pricing tools and data repositories such as SAP
- professional communication and networking skills
- Mentoring young children of GCSE age
- ability to understand complicated engineering diagrams, blueprints and drawings
- ability to collaborate seamlessly between teams and departments to work towards completing a common goal
- ability to traverse through pricing tools and data repositories such as SAP
- professional communication and networking skills
- Mentoring young children of GCSE age
- ability to understand complicated engineering diagrams, blueprints and drawings
- ability to collaborate seamlessly between teams and departments to work towards completing a common goal
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
During placement, I was guided through every step of the training process and beyond. my manager as well as the rest of the team were all very open to hearing and answering any questions I have and they were all one phone call away.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
BAE is full of people who are constantly hungry for opportunities to grow, adapt and nurture new/existing skills. The company recognises this and has plenty of events/ activities regularly planned for employees to sign up to at their own leisure and develop as professionals in their own time. At an intern/graduate level, the atmosphere is very much a combination of university and professional work environment, where there are many social events for employees to enjoy outside of work time
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I thoroughly enjoy the placement. I am able to grow as a person and a professional and not feel as though I have to compromise one for the other
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at BAE Systems
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems
consider BAE as a very good stepping stone and foothold into securing a stable future career as BAE has a very well put together early careers prospect all the way past graduate level.
