Sub Contracts Manager

Location: UK, Flexible + Hybrid Working Arrangements with regular travel across sites

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Fixed Term Contract 52 weeks

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Sub-contracts Manager.

The role:

As a Sub-contracts Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. At Babcock, much of what we do for our customers involves an element of supply chain management; our suppliers play a critical role in enabling us to fulfil our commitments and live up to our purpose, to 'Create a safe and secure world, together'.

Day-to-day, you'll be accountable for the delivery of robust, effective and innovative sub-contract agreements in support of delivering excellent outcomes for our military and emergency services customer base, whilst identifying and mitigating commercial risk to Babcock.

You’ll also:

• Procurement lead for capital expenditure of assets and/or equipment across Through Life Equipment Support (TLES) business unit, supporting operations to deliver on investment pipeline
• Delivery of complex sub-contract services procurement projects
• Management of key supplier relationships and the critical escalation point of contact
• Stakeholder management and effective integration with senior members of staff across the TLES business unit
• Stakeholder engagement with senior representatives from our Military and Emergency Services customer base

Please note that this position involves travel/working across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role. This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and can be delivered from any Defence Support Group (DSG) site alongside home working arrangements. Regular travel across sites is required as part of the role.

Essential experience of the Sub-contracts Manager:

• Extensive experience in a commercially focused equivalent role, with prior exposure to varying contracting approaches and templates
• Extensive experience of managing high value and/or complexity capital purchases, including drafting and negotiation of robust sub-contract agreements to protect the business whilst achieving optimum value for money
• Extensive experience of procurement, negotiation, and mobilisation of robust services sub-contract agreements
• Contract Management experience across a broad portfolio in relevant market sector, including managing commercial disputes through to satisfactory resolution
• Exposure to Military or Emergency Services customers

Qualifications for the Sub-contracts Manager:

• Member of Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (MCIPS) or equivalent professional experience
• Security Clearance: The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

What we offer:

• 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 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Babcock International: For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.