Supply Chain Development Specialist

Build the supply chains that power tomorrow’s defence and engineering solutions. At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Supply Chain Development Specialist at one of our Babcock locations. Join a forward-thinking team at the heart of our Marine Engineering & Systems sector, where your expertise will help shape innovative supply chain solutions that support critical defence programmes. This is your opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects that protect people and infrastructure while developing a rewarding career in a dynamic, purpose-led environment.

The role:

As a Supply Chain Development Specialist, you’ll play a pivotal role in designing and developing supply chain strategies that support major bids and programmes. Working at the forefront of business-winning activity, you’ll help identify the best supplier solutions, influence key stakeholders, and ensure robust procurement approaches are in place from bid phase through to delivery. This is an exciting opportunity to directly impact how we secure and deliver critical defence capabilities, while enhancing your commercial, procurement, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Supporting the development of procurement and supply chain content for customer proposals and tenders
• Engaging with suppliers to gather, assess and evaluate responses for pricing and capability
• Contributing to bid reviews, presentations, and internal governance processes
• Building strong supplier relationships to enable effective collaboration during bid phases
• Capturing lessons learned from bids to improve future supply chain strategies

This is a full-time role with 37 hours per week, and hybrid working patterns are available, with two days onsite.

Essential experience:

• Demonstrating strong stakeholder management, relationship‑building, and influencing skills
• Applying commercial insight with the ability to unlock value within supply chains
• Managing negotiations and resolving complex commercial challenges effectively
• Showing a proactive, delivery‑focused approach with strong personal drive
• Working with procurement strategies and processes to achieve business goals

Qualifications:

• Professional qualification in procurement and supply chain management (such as CIPS) or equivalent experience
• Solid understanding of procurement tools, techniques, and best practices
• Experience of public and private sector procurement
• Knowledge of business winning and bid processes
• Proven track record in commercial negotiation, including contract terms and conditions

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. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions.

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 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 is 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 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: 09/07/2026