Supply Chain Manager

 Potential Opportunity - H&B Defence

About You

You are an accomplished supply chain leader with extensive experience in defence or complex project environments. You combine strategic vision with operational discipline, ensuring that planning, procurement, and inventory management are seamlessly integrated to support program and project execution. You are confident in setting direction, managing performance, and building capability across multiple teams and senior professionals, and you thrive in environments where resilience, compliance, and innovation are critical. Your success is demonstrated through the delivery of high-quality planning outcomes, supplier evaluation and onboarding, and the implementation of scalable processes that meet both immediate operational needs and medium-term strategic objectives. You anticipate challenges, adapt plans to shifting priorities, and ensure alignment with customer requirements and business goals. With strong leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, you are motivated by the opportunity to contribute to national defence capability and to strengthen the AUKUS supply chain objectives.

About the Role

As Supply Chain Manager at H&B Defence, you will lead the delivery of supply chain planning and operational support across the organisation, ensuring integrated planning, inventory, and procurement activities that enable effective program and project execution. You will be accountable for the performance and results of the area, driving commercially sound and compliant planning activities while embedding continuous improvement. This role requires you to refine supplier qualification strategies, lead sourcing and onboarding efforts, and establish frameworks that ensure supplier compliance and performance. You will oversee the development of scalable supply chain processes, including material requirements planning, inventory optimisation, and supplier engagement strategies, ensuring continuity of supply and cost efficiency. Collaboration is central to the role, as you will work closely with commercial, operations, procurement, and quality leaders to align planning with project delivery and organisational priorities. You will also play a pivotal role in building internal capability, mentoring senior staff, and leading workforce planning across multiple teams. Success in this position will be measured by your ability to deliver robust planning outcomes, maintain a reliable supplier base, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and trade controls, all while fostering a culture of safety, integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.

To be successful in this position you will bring;

• Extensive knowledge of stakeholder communications

• Australian Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Commonwealth Defence Security Clearance as defined by AGSVA guidelines

• Significant exposure to all facets of the Supply Chain Function

Your future at Babcock – what we offer you   

• We provide an agile work environment where you’re able to work onsite and remotely, and to set you up for this we provide a laptop and working from home kit if required, in addition we offer compressed hours which can provide you even more flexibility;   

• Our work life integration policy brings together leave entitlements which include annual leave, wellbeing leave, volunteer leave, paid parental leave, defence reservist leave plus more;   

• We will provide you with a supportive and engaging environment where you can grow your career, supported by our capability framework plus ongoing access to self-led learning modules through LinkedIn Learning and access to study leave;   

• You’ll have access to beRewarded which will provide you with endless discounts across retail, health, entertainment, travel and much  

more, plus novated leasing options and corporate shares plan;   

• Your wellbeing is supported through our online wellbeing program Munch, Mind, Move, Money, access to our employee assistance program plus wellbeing leave;   

• You’ll be able to participate in our weRecognise program which is an opportunity to recognise the outstanding work our people do each and every day in living our principles which are Be kind, Collaborate, Be Curious, Think Outcomes, Be Courageous and Own & Deliver.   

Who we are  Babcock International Group, the aerospace and defence company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly skilled engineering services for over a century.   

Across Australia and New Zealand, Babcock has grown to a team of over 1,500 talented people, and we are on a path of continued growth and expansion. We operate across sectors such as defence, commercial marine, aviation, airports, communications, emergency services and engineering consultancy.   

Some of the programs our team across Australia and New Zealand are proud to be a part of involve:   

• Providing emergency medical and search & rescue aviation services through our Aviation & Critical Services business;   

• Designing and supporting key systems for submarines and surface ships through our Marine business;   

• Providing fleet wide through life support and asset management services for Navy customers;  • Managing critical assets for a range of sectors through our Mission & Support Systems business.   

So, if you would like to join us and help create a safe and secure world, together, please apply via the ‘Apply Now’ button below.   

To learn more about us visit www.babcock.com.au   

Job req #70602

We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds and experience however, due to the defence orientation of this role, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain an appropriate level of Commonwealth Personnel Security Clearance, as defined in the AGSVA guidelines.   

Please note, should your application progress you may be required to complete pre-employment checks.  These checks may include but not limited to, reference checks, police check, security check, qualifications and right to work.   

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