Brandon Couch, Global Supply Chain Manager at BAE Systems

Brandon Couch is a global supply chain manager at BAE Systems. He has been with the company for four years.

Couch is experienced in contract management, supplier negotiation, venture capital and matters related to the Federal Acquisition Regulation. He has been overseeing global supply activities for BAE since March 2019.

He was the director of procurement and subcontracts at BAE before taking on his current leadership role. In this position, Couch directs strategic purchasing and modernization subcontracting across two ordnance plants.

The industry veteran joined BAE in 2017 as a supply chain manager, handling subcontracts and materials procurement, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Couch also held contracting and subcontracting leadership positions at Booz Allen Hamilton, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. He was also a functional area expert at Janus Research Group, where he led contracting, acquisition and financial model formation.

The contracting leader holds a master’s degree in legal studies from the University of Baltimore and a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from Penn State University.

BAE Systems offers products and services that support operations in all domains from sea to space and cyber. It is headquartered in Farnborough, U.K., and has multiple offices in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Oceania, the Middle East and Africa.