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Inventory Manager
Inventory Manager
Location: Hawthorn, Corsham + Hybrid Working Arrangements Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits Role Type: Full-time / Permanent Role ID: SF74766
About Mission Systems and the Role
Help keep critical programmes moving through world-class inventory and supply chain leadership.
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as an Inventory Manager at Hawthorn, Bristol, or Devonport.
As part of our Mission Systems business, you’ll join a team supporting vital defence and engineering programmes that help protect national security. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your inventory, supply chain, and stakeholder management expertise in a role where your work directly contributes to operational readiness, customer satisfaction, and business performance.
The Role
As an Inventory Manager, you’ll ensure the effective management of inventory, spares and repairs across a complex supply chain environment. Working closely with customers, procurement teams, and operational stakeholders, you’ll use data, insight, and strong relationship-building skills to optimise inventory performance and support critical programme delivery.
This role offers excellent opportunities to broaden your expertise in supply chain, logistics, and inventory management, all within a leading defence, aerospace, and engineering organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing and maintaining the integrity of inventory data and inventory management systems
- Monitoring and reporting performance against key internal and customer service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Coordinating the end-to-end spares and repairs supply chain process, engaging stakeholders throughout
- Supporting demand and supply planning by providing inventory insight, analysis, and recommendations
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives and overseeing stock movements between internal locations
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Working Arrangements
This role is full-time, 37 hours per week, with hybrid working arrangements (2 days in the office, 3 days remote). Some site travel will be required.
Key Requirements
Essential Experience & Skills
- Experience delivering excellent customer service in a fast-paced operational environment
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
- Experience managing competing priorities with strong time and workload management skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams
Desirable (Not Essential) Knowledge
- Proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Experience with ERP Systems (IFS & SAP knowledge would be beneficial)
- MoD SCM Skills Certificate Level 1
- Knowledge of MoD systems (e.g., BIWMS, CRISP, SS3, JAMES) and processes (DLF)
- Ability to present to diverse stakeholders, including senior leadership and customers
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
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Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations (via 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 (additional paid leave or selling back up to one working week)
- ‘Be Kind Day’ (one day paid leave per year for volunteering)
- Flexible working arrangements to balance work-life needs
- A dynamic and inclusive working environment
About Babcock
We’re a global FTSE 100 organisation with 26,000+ employees. Here, you’ll contribute to a future that lasts—through national security, public infrastructure, and meaningful careers.
Our Commitment
We are a disability confident employer. If you require reasonable adjustments during the application and selection process, please email: careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header "Reasonable adjustments requirement".
We welcome discussions on flexible working arrangements—ask about them at interview.
Job Deadline: 16/07/2026
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