Senior Supply Chain Development Manager in Bristol

Location: Bristol, Clyde, Leicester, Plymouth or Rosyth + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: From £57,300 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Shape supply chains that win and deliver critical defence programmes. 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 Senior Supply Chain Development Manager at one of our UK sites in Bristol, Clyde, Leicester, Plymouth or Rosyth.

The role:

• As a Senior Supply Chain Development Manager, you’ll operate at the forefront of business growth, shaping supply chain strategies that directly influence bid success and programme delivery.
• Working across complex defence opportunities, you’ll design innovative supply chain solutions that strengthen proposals, enhance competitiveness and enable future capability.
• Day-to-day, you’ll have a unique opportunity to move beyond traditional supply chain delivery and play a key role in business winning.
• You will work closely with bid teams, senior stakeholders and suppliers to develop strategic approaches that position Babcock for long-term success in defence, engineering and infrastructure programmes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Developing supply chain strategies that support bids, tenders and long-term business opportunities.
• Supporting the creation of high-quality proposals, including supplier engagement and customer-facing content.
• Identifying and designing supply chain solutions, including partnerships, alliances and delivery models.
• Analysing market and competitor capability to strengthen supply chain approaches and outcomes.
• Building relationships across internal teams and suppliers to enable integrated and effective delivery.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential Experience:

• Extensive experience in supply chain management, procurement and strategic sourcing.
• Strong commercial expertise including contract negotiation and financial understanding.
• Experience supporting bids, tenders or business winning activities.
• Ability to design innovative, data-driven supply chain solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across complex organisations.

Qualifications:

• Degree (or equivalent) in Supply Chain Management or a related discipline.
• Membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply or equivalent professional qualification.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is 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 allows employees to buy or sell up to one week of annual leave.
• Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year 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.

EEO & Accessibility:

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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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.