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Job Title: Buyer
Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements (4 days onsite, 1 day working from home) Status: Full-time / Permanent Compensation: Competitive salary + benefits Role ID: SF73688
About the Role
Shaping the future of defence supply chains
At Babcock, we’re dedicated to creating a safe and secure world. As a Buyer at the Babcock Technology Centre near Bristol, you’ll contribute to mission-critical defence, aerospace, and engineering programmes. Your role ensures the right equipment, services, and technologies reach where they’re needed most, supporting national security, cutting-edge capabilities, and strategic engineering projects.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career within procurement and supply chain in a high-impact, project-driven environment. With expanding defence initiatives, you’ll drive future supply chain innovation while growing your expertise in a fast-paced engineering domain.
Responsibilities
As a Buyer, you’ll manage procurement activities with full ownership of:
- End-to-end procurement processes, from supplier sourcing to contract completion
- Preparing and issuing requests for quotation (RFQs), and assessing supplier responses to recommend cost-effective, high-value options
- Developing and maintaining strong supplier relationships, including key contact engagements and site visits
- Issuing and tracking purchase orders, while ensuring accurate supply chain data and reporting
- Supporting the procurement strategy, identifying opportunities to optimise value, cost, and performance for defence programmes
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This role offers a premium work arrangement of 37 hours per week, balancing onsite collaboration and remote flexibility.
Requirements
Essential Experience
- Proven track record as a procurement, purchase, or supply chain professional
- Hands-on experience working within defence, manufacturing, engineering, or a compatible technical sector
- Proficient at managing supplier relationships and full procurement cycles (from sourcing to ordering)
- Strong interpersonal skills for kpisStakeholder communication with internal teams and external suppliers
- Ability to organise workloads and operate effectively independently in fast-paced environments
Qualifications
- Commitment to achieving membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, CIPS Level 4+ or an equivalent business-related qualification)
Security Clearance
- Must hold—or be able to achieve—Security Check (SC) clearance. Role eligibility is subject to UK vetting policies, including citizenship, residency, or birthplace considerations.
- Further details available via https://www.gov.uk/security-vetting.
Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Employer-matched pension scheme with life assurance
- Access to Digital GP, annual health checks, and Aviva DigiCare+ nutritional consultations
- Employee share scheme and shopping savings portal
- Coverage for professional fee payments (e.g., CIPS membership)
- Armed Forces reservists’ enhanced leave policy (10-day paid leave annually)
- Holiday Trading: Buy additional leave or sell unused days
- ‘Be Kind Day’: Dedicated, paid volunteering day per annum
- Support for flexible working arrangements to balance personal and professional needs
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About Babcock
We’re Babcock – a global FTSE 100 company with 26,000+ employees driving impact through boutique engineering, defence, and aerospace solutions. At every stage—from inception to decommissioning—your work strengthens national security and public infrastructure.
This is lifetime engineering: meaningful careers that prioritise expertise, diversity, and work-life balance in a collaborative culture.
"Together, we shape sustainable purpose."
Compliance & Accessibility
Babcock is a Disability Confident Employer. If you require reasonable adjustments (e.g., accommodations for disabilities) during the hiring process, contact careers@babcockinternational.com (subject header: ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’).
Flexibility discussed at interview: We encourage reaching out to explore alternative working patterns.
Closing date: 07/07/2026
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