Job Title: Procurement Specialist
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: £39, - £46,
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Drive smarter supply chains that protect what matters most
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Procurement Specialist at HMNB Clyde, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.
Babcock is a trusted partner to governments and organisations across defence, aerospace and engineering. Our people are at the heart of everything we do — delivering complex programmes, enabling national security and supporting critical infrastructure that society relies on every day.
The role
As a Procurement Specialist, you’ll play a vital role supporting high‑value infrastructure and engineering projects at HMNB Clyde. You’ll ensure the right goods and services are secured at the right time, cost and quality — all while maintaining compliance, managing risk and driving value for money.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a complex, high‑impact environment where your expertise directly influences operational success and long‑term capability. You’ll partner closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers, contribute to continuous improvement, and develop your commercial skills across regulated defence procurement.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
1. Supporting procurement activity for projects and requirements valued over £10,, from requisition through to purchase order
2. Managing supplier relationships, performance, and order books, resolving aged debt and delivery issues
3. Delivering competitive tendering activities, including evaluation, scoring, negotiation and contract award
4. Driving cost savings, risk mitigation and value through data analysis, due diligence and continual improvement
5. Ensuring full compliance with supply chain governance, policy, contract terms and security requirements.
You’ll work 36 hours per week, based at HMNB Clyde. Hybrid working patterns are available, helping you balance flexibility with meaningful on‑site collaboration.
Essential experience of the Procurement Specialist:
6. Working within structured supply chain or procurement processes in a regulated environment
7. Applying contractual terms, supply chain clauses and governance frameworks effectively
8. Using enterprise systems and tools for procurement, document control and supplier management
9. Analysing data to identify efficiencies, risks and cost‑saving opportunities
10. Conducting supplier due diligence, onboarding and ongoing performance management
Qualifications for the Procurement Specialist:
11. Qualified by experience in procurement, supply chain or a commercial discipline
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 Babcock
We’re Babcock — a global FTSE organisation with over 26, 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.
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