Job Title: Supply Chain Planning Specialist
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Compensation: Competitive
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
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 Supply Chain Planning Specialist at Gloucestershire Airport.
The role
As a Supply Chain Planning Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will ensure critical materials are available to keep life-saving helicopters flying and supporting missions that make a real difference to communities.
Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:
1. Optimise inventory by managing stock levels, reducing obsolete items, and ensuring safety stock for fast-moving parts
2. Forecast and manage material availability, including repair orders and expediting as needed
3. Produce and share reports, coordinating with Engineering and Tool Store to ensure calibrated tooling availability
4. Coordinate international movements of components/tools, ensuring compliance with import/export and trade regulations
5. Maintain Approved Vendor List (AVL) and supplier documentation in line with UK Civil Aviation Authority requirements.
This role is full time working 37 hours per week and is based on site at Gloucestershire Airport, Staverton.
Essential experience of the Supply Chain Planning Specialist:
6. Proven experience in planning, scheduling, inventory management, logistics, or supply chain operations
7. Demonstrated ability to prioritise and manage multiple, sometimes conflicting tasks effectively
8. Highly proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Qualifications for the Supply Chain Planning Specialist:
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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
9. Generous holiday allowance
10. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
11. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
12. Employee share scheme
13. Employee shopping savings portal
14. Payment of Professional Fees
15. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
16. 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.
17. ‘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
18. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.