Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Job Title:                     Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Location:                     Walsall, West Midlands + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:            £38,000 - £40,000 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF67390

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 Strategic Sourcing Specialist at our Walsall site.

The role

As a Strategic Sourcing Specialist, you’ll be at the heart of our procurement transformation, helping to build a best-in-class sourcing function that drives profitability, reduces risk, and enhances capability across our Land Sector. This is a commercially focused role where your strategic thinking and supplier management skills will directly contribute to national defence and engineering excellence.

• Leading sourcing activities including market engagement, tendering, contract negotiation, and supplier selection.
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders to define third-party requirements and ensure supplier alignment.
• Developing category strategies and supplier relationship plans to drive performance and value.
• Supporting operational teams with bid-to-production transitions to ensure continuity and compliance.
• Using digital procurement tools and data insights to shape sourcing strategies and report progress.

This role is full time and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Strategic Sourcing Specialist

• Proven experience in Procurement, Category Management, Strategic Sourcing or Contract Management.
• Track record of leading end-to-end procurement processes and delivering measurable value.
• Experience across varied spend categories and supplier relationship management.
• Skilled in creating bespoke RFx documentation to support sourcing strategies.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Qualifications for the Strategic Sourcing Specialist

• Desirable: Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (MCIPS) Level 4 or working towards.

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. 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 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. 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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: 01/10/2025