Procurement Manager

Job Title:                     Procurement Manager

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon

Compensation:           £39,607 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF71414

Lead the Procurement Strategy Behind the UK’s Most Critical Defence Projects

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 Procurement Manager at our Devonport Royal dockyard site.

The role

As a Procurement Manager, you’ll lead a team of procurement professionals responsible for delivering high‑value sourcing, supplier management and commercial strategy that directly supports our submarines business. Your work will enable major defence engineering programmes and help ensure that essential materials, services and supply arrangements are delivered on time, to budget and to the highest standards.

Day-to-day, you’ll be central to shaping our Requisition‑to‑Pay processes, driving commercial excellence, and supporting key bids and programmes across the business.

• Leading and developing a procurement team to deliver effective sourcing and supplier management across a significant business area.
• Driving bid activities, establishing and developing supply chains that enable successful programme delivery.
• Implementing procurement strategies aligned with business objectives and best commercial practice.
• Acting as the primary contact for internal stakeholders and suppliers, providing expert advice and strengthening relationships.
• Representing Babcock in supplier negotiations to secure optimal outcomes and ensure compliance with corporate standards.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of 3 days in the office/onsite.

Essential experience of the Procurement Manager

• Experience in Procurement and Supply Chain roles.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Computer literacy and confidence with digital systems.
• Supply Chain Performance Management experience.
• Strong contract management capability.

Qualifications for the Procurement Manager

• CIPS or equivalent professional qualification.

• Degree‑level qualification or equivalent professional experience - Desirable

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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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘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

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: 26/02/2026

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