Inventory Manager in Plymouth

Location: Devonport, Plymouth, GB, PL2 2BG

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Take control of critical supply chains that keep vital defence operations running. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Inventory Manager at Devonport Royal Dockyard, near Plymouth, Devon.

The role:

As an Inventory Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth and efficient flow of critical materials across complex defence supply chains. Supporting mission‑critical operations, you’ll bring visibility, control, and intelligence to inventory management helping to meet customer demand, improve performance, and drive operational excellence. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a dynamic environment where your expertise will directly support national defence programmes while developing your career in logistics, supply chain, and engineering support services.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll be:

• Managing inventory activities, including demand fulfilment, stock ordering, and disposal of surplus or unserviceable items
• Coordinating the end‑to‑end spares and repairs supply chain process with internal and external stakeholders
• Maintaining accurate inventory data and ensuring integrity across all systems
• Monitoring and reporting performance against key performance indicators and service level agreements
• Driving continuous improvement of inventory processes, procedures, and supply chain efficiency

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office and days working from home.

Essential experience:

• Demonstrating experience in inventory or supply chain management
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders and customers
• Delivering excellent customer service in a fast‑paced environment
• Managing workloads effectively and prioritising competing demands
• Communicating clearly and confidently, both verbally and in writing

Qualifications:

• Strong IT skills including Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and systems such as SAP or IFS (essential)
• Knowledge of Ministry of Defence inventory systems and processes (desirable)

Security Clearance:

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. 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:

• 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 the majority of 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
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
• A dynamic working environment

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.