Job Title: Programme Procurement Manager
Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Programme Procurement Manager across our Bristol, Tewkesbury and Plymouth sites.
The Role
As a Programme Procurement Manager, you’ll set and deliver the procurement and supply chain strategy across complex, fast‑moving defence and aerospace programmes, driving total cost reduction, supplier performance, and long‑term value. Your impact will be felt across national security projects and throughout our business, while you grow as a people leader and strategic sourcing expert in a high‑profile environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
1. Lead a high‑performing team of Senior Buyers and Buyers to deliver project outcomes on time and to customer requirements.
2. Own category and project procurement strategies, improving contract maturity and supplier value.
3. Negotiate major supplier agreements and manage selection to secure best‑value, compliant contracts.
4. Drive supplier performance and escalate risks to resolution across cost, quality, delivery and sustainability.
5. Report monthly on KPIs and requirements, collaborating with senior stakeholders across engineering, commercial, finance and projects.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with up to 3 days onsite, across our Bristol, Tewkesbury and Plymouth sites, and 2 days working from home.
Essential experience of the Programme Procurement Manager
6. Significant procurement experience in a project procurement environment, including team leadership.
7. Proven supplier relationship management and stakeholder engagement at senior levels.
8. Demonstrable negotiation, contract and commercial skills delivering measurable cost and value outcomes.
9. Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, reactive environment while coaching others to succeed.
10. Strong data analysis capability to inform decisions and KPI reporting.
Qualifications for the Programme Procurement Manager
11. A recognised degree‑level qualification and/or relevant experience in engineering, supply chain or lean culture (essential).
12. Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Level 5+ or membership of a relevant professional body (preferred).
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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