Defence Procurement Specialist

Company: Fujitsu
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Location: Basingstoke
Job Description:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Posted: September 22nd, 2026