Senior Supply Chain Development Manager

Senior Supply Chain Development Manager

Location:

Bristol, BS16 1EJ
,
Leicester, LE3 1UF
,
Devonport, Plymouth, PL2 2BG
,
Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, KY11 2YD
,
Helensburgh, G84 8HL
.

Workplace:
Onsite or Hybrid. Role:
Full-time, Permanent, 35 hours per week. Salary:
From £57,300 plus benefits. Role .

As a Senior Supply Chain Development Manager, you’ll operate at the forefront of business growth, shaping supply chain strategies that directly influence bid success and programme delivery. Working across complex defence opportunities, you’ll design innovative supply chain solutions that strengthen proposals, enhance competitiveness and enable future capability.

Day-to-day, you’ll have a unique opportunity to move beyond traditional supply chain delivery and play a key role in business winning. You will work closely with bid teams, senior stakeholders and suppliers to develop strategic approaches that position Babcock for long‑term success in defence, engineering and infrastructure programmes.

• Developing supply chain strategies that support bids, tenders and long‑term business opportunities
• Supporting the creation of high‑quality proposals, including supplier engagement and customer‑facing content
• Identifying and designing supply chain solutions, including partnerships, alliances and delivery models
• Analysing market and competitor capability to strengthen supply chain approaches and outcomes
• Building relationships across internal teams and suppliers to enable integrated and effective delivery

• Extensive experience in supply chain management, procurement and strategic sourcing
• Strong commercial expertise including contract negotiation and financial understanding
• Experience supporting bids, tenders or business winning activities
• Ability to design innovative, data‑driven supply chain solutions
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across complex organisations

• Degree (or equivalent) in Supply Chain Management or a related discipline
• Membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply or equivalent professional qualification

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. Your eligibility may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva Digi Care+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of professional fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading – allows UK employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave from their entitlement, with an annual window to request this benefit
• ‘Be Kind Day’ – allows employees to take one working day (or equivalent hours) of paid leave per year to volunteer with a chosen organisation or charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial well‑being

We’re Babcock – a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. 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 work‑life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

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 car 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.