Material Planner in Bournemouth

Location: Wareham, Dorset

Compensation: £33,519 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Keep complex defence operations moving through smart material planning. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Material Planner at Bovington, near Wareham, Dorset.

The role:

As a Material Planner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career within defence, aerospace and engineering, where your work directly supports programme continuity, risk reduction and on time delivery. You will gain exposure to complex supply chain environments, national defence frameworks and enterprise level systems, building experience that strengthens both your capability and long term career prospects.

Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:

• Support material enablement for maintenance and contract change activity
• Complete material assessments in line with policy, process and delivery schedules
• Monitor material data to identify risks, delays or dependencies early
• Maintain accurate material reporting within SAP and MJDI systems
• Advise on escalation routes and relief claims where material authority dependencies arise

The role is full time, working 37 hours per week Monday to Friday, and is based onsite at Bovington.

Essential experience of the Material Planner:

• Experience using NEPTUNE SAP in at least one functional area
• Knowledge of Ministry of Defence supply chain processes for consumable and repairable items
• Experience supporting material management or planning activity in an operational environment
• Ability to work with data sets to identify issues and support informed decision making
• Confidence working collaboratively with stakeholders across operations and planning teams

Qualifications for the Material Planner:

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 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:

• 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 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

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: 14/05/2026