Head of Supply Chain (Sense & Connect)

Location: Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Head of Supply Chain (Sense & Connect)

Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66383

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as the Head of Supply Chain at our Babcock Technology Centre, Bristol site.

The Role

As the Head of Supply Chain, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be working in the sense and connect business, there is huge growth and opportunity within this dynamic part of the business.

This role involves collaboration and working in partnership across the business. The individual champions high performance and is courageous to challenge the status quo when we need to do better. We’re committed to building an enjoyable and supportive culture for everyone, and so we’re looking for someone who actively seeks out and values different perspectives.

• Manage the relationships with key industry supply Partners, sub-contractors and suppliers to help develop the Sense & Connect business for Babcock.
• Deliver the Sense & Connect supply chain strategy ensuring best practise is followed by all stakeholders to meet customer and wider business requirements.
• Provide leadership for the Sense & Connect supply chain team as well as positive influence on wider Mission Systems teams. Create and harness a positive culture based around our people led strategy ensuring our talent delivers both Sense & Connect and Mission Systems/Group wide targets.
• Create and deliver the Sense & Connect contract maturity 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.
• Play a key role in the management of the Growth Pipeline and control the associated functional objectives.
• Be responsible for Supply Chain critical KPIs for example supplier on-time delivery performance.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides flexible hybrid working arrangements with days in the office/onsite and days working from home.

Essential Experience of the Head of Supply Chain

• Supply Chain management in a complex technology led, regulated industry. Specific Sense & Connect / Mission Systems 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.

Qualifications for the Head of Supply Chain

• A recognised degree level qualification and/or relevant engineering/supply chain/lean culture experience.
• Membership of a relevant professional body e.g. CIPS at level 5 or above.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Enhanced Developed Vetting (EDV) security clearance for this role. The successful candidate will the allowed to start on Security Check (SC) security clearance but would then need to obtain Enhanced Developed Vetting (EDV) once in post.

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 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
• ‘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 [email protected] 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: 22/08/2025

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