Hybrid Procurement Manager

at Babcock International Group

• Job title: Procurement Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £39,607 per year
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Plymouth, United Kingdom

About the role

• Procurement Manager at Babcock overseeing procurement for critical defence projects in the UK. Leading a team to ensure supplier management and effective sourcing strategies for submarines business.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of procurement professionals responsible for delivering high‑value sourcing, supplier management and commercial strategy that directly supports our submarines business.
• Enable major defence engineering programmes and help ensure that essential materials, services and supply arrangements are delivered on time, to budget and to the highest standards.
• Central to shaping our Requisition‑to‑Pay processes, driving commercial excellence, and supporting key bids and programmes across the business.
• Leading and developing a procurement team to deliver effective sourcing and supplier management across a significant business area.
• Driving bid activities, establishing and developing supply chains that enable successful programme delivery.
• Implementing procurement strategies aligned with business objectives and best commercial practice.
• Acting as the primary contact for internal stakeholders and suppliers, providing expert advice and strengthening relationships.
• Representing Babcock in supplier negotiations to secure optimal outcomes and ensure compliance with corporate standards.

Requirements

• Experience in Procurement and Supply Chain roles.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Computer literacy and confidence with digital systems.
• Supply Chain Performance Management experience.
• Strong contract management capability.
• CIPS or equivalent professional qualification.
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience - Desirable.
• The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity