Job Title:              Head of Supply Chain
Location:              Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation:    Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:            Full time / Permanent
Role ID:                SF61904

 

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 Head of Supply Chain at our Bristol site.

 

The Role
As a Head of Supply Chain, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Leading the Supply Chain for the Space Business within Mission Systems. Reporting directly to the Operations Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for providing direction and leadership to the team.

 

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for the delivery of an efficient and effective supply chain service, ensuring supply chain teams are resourced and managed effectively to ensure that we meet our agreed strategic objectives. As well as meeting Space requirements, you will also work closely with stakeholders across the Babcock Group, identifying and driving collaboration opportunities to standardise our approach internally and externally and drive maximum value from the supply base:

 

Manage the relationships with key industry supply Partners, sub-contractors and suppliers to help develop the Space business for Babcock. Deliver the Space supply chain strategy ensuring best practise is followed by all stakeholders to meet customer and wider business requirements. Provide leadership for the supply chain team. Create and harness a positive culture based around our people led strategy ensuring our talent delivers both Space and Mission Systems / Group wide targets. Create and deliver the Space value plan. Identify value opportunities and levers to deliver business profit enhancing savings. Establish supply chain models focused on harnessing the benefits of Supplier Relationship Management in order to drive value and supplier led innovation.                  

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel across a range of internal and customer sites on a weekly / monthly basis alongside home working arrangements.

 

Essential Experience of the Head of Supply Chain: 

Supply Chain management experience in a complex, regulated industry. Specific Space industry domain experience would be a distinct advantage but is not essential. Significant procurement experience, ideally in a project procurement environment to include management experience. Must be able to demonstrate excellent Supplier Relationship Management skills. Ability to have a flexible approach to workload, confident reading and understanding technical drawings and the ability to communicate complex requirements to / from supply chain. Ability to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders across the business.

 

Qualifications for the Head of Supply Chain: 

Membership of a relevant professional body (CIPS) or equivalent / similar. Ideally, hold a recognised degree level qualification and / or relevant engineering / supply chain / lean culture experience.

 

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 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 the majority of 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 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: 05/02/2025

 

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