Procurement and Supply Chain Manager
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About the Role
Babcock seeks a Procurement and Supply Chain Manager to lead end-to-end procurement strategy for a £100m portfolio supporting defence and space programmes. You will manage supplier performance, drive risk management, and develop a procurement team.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Lead the end to end procurement and supply chain strategy for a portfolio worth approximately £100m annually
- Manage performance across a strategically important and diverse supplier base
- Drive risk management and opportunity identification across the full supply lifecycle
- Develop and lead commercial strategies ensuring supplier contracts align with prime contract requirements, legal standards, regulatory frameworks and trade controls
- Coach, inspire and develop a talented procurement team, elevating commercial capability across the function
Requirements
- Extensive experience in Procurement, Supply Chain Management and Commercial Management within complex, high value environments
- Proven expertise in drafting, negotiating and managing large and complex subcontracts
- Strong leadership experience and ability to guide and develop teams
- Confident stakeholder engagement skills with ability to influence at senior levels
- Deep understanding of contract law, supplier performance management, risk management and commercial governance
- CIPS, IACCM/WorldCC or equivalent professional accreditation
- Degree in Business, Commercial Management, Law or a related field
- Must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance
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The Role
- As a Subcontract Manager, you'll help drive one of the most exciting areas of our Mission Systems business.
- Your work will directly support national security, space capability, and cutting edge technology programmes.
Day to day
- Lead the end to end procurement and supply chain strategy for a portfolio worth approximately £100m annually.
- Manage performance across a strategically important and diverse supplier base.
- Drive risk management and opportunity identification across the full supply lifecycle.
- Develop and lead commercial strategies that ensure all supplier contracts align with prime contract requirements.
- Coach, inspire and develop a talented procurement team.
Essential Experience
- Extensive experience in Procurement, Supply Chain Management and Commercial Management within complex, high value environments.
- Proven expertise in drafting, negotiating and managing large and complex subcontracts.
- Strong leadership experience and the ability to guide and develop teams.
- Confident stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.
- Deep understanding of contract law, supplier performance management, risk management and commercial governance.
Qualifications
- CIPS, IACCM/WorldCC or equivalent professional accreditation.
- Degree in Business, Commercial Management, Law or a related field.
- Desirable: Experience within regulated, engineering, defence, manufacturing or infrastructure sectors.
Security Clearance
- The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
What We Offer
- 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 share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables one day's paid leave for volunteering
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