SAP Solution Lead (Quality Management) in Portsmouth

Location: UK, Hybrid

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Lead quality transformation that underpins national security. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Systems Applications and Products Solution Lead Quality Management at any of our main UK locations.

We deliver engineering, support and critical systems across defence, aerospace and security work that directly protects lives and keeps vital national infrastructure mission‑ready. It is purposeful, long‑term and future‑focused.

The role:

• As a Systems Applications and Products Solution Lead – Quality Management, you’ll own the analysis, design, configuration and support of enterprise Quality Management solutions integrating user interfaces (including Fiori), data and cross‑module processes to improve performance across our divisions.
• Day‑to‑day, you’ll shape how quality flows through manufacturing, maintenance and supply chains, giving you influence that stretches from shop floor to strategic programme outcomes while accelerating your own career in defence, aerospace and engineering.
• Configure and optimise Systems Applications and Products Quality Management (QM) in ECC6, including integrations with Plant Maintenance (PM), Project Systems (PS), Materials Management (MM), Production and Procurement.
• Design and enhance user experiences using Fiori and related user interfaces, ensuring processes and data are robust and intuitive.
• Lead and document blueprinting, requirements gathering and solution architecture for cross‑divisional programmes (including Neptune‑enabled apps).
• Resolve and improve end‑to‑end quality processes owning issue triage, root‑cause analysis and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate and influence stakeholders across engineering, supply chain, finance, HR and programme leadership to land change at scale.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience:

• Proven hands‑on leadership of at least two full project lifecycles delivering Systems Applications and Products Quality Management covering design, configuration and support.
• Strong track record delivering Quality Management on large enterprise programmes (preferably in complex, regulated environments).
• Solid understanding of integration across Logistics, Procurement, Supply Chain Planning, Plant Maintenance and Production.
• Excellent business process knowledge in Quality Management and related data models.
• Experience with Materials Management and Plant Maintenance (and/or Production) is desirable.

Qualifications:

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Must be a British National.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.

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 – buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave
• ‘Be Kind Day’ – one working day’s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to volunteer with your chosen organisation or registered charity
• Flexible working options to help you integrate work and life while meeting business needs
• A dynamic working environment with meaningful, long‑term careers.

Babcock:

We’re Babcock a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance. We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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.

Closing date: 09/02/2026