Buyer

2 weeks ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Babcock International Full time

**Buyer**:

- Location: Bristol, GB, BS3 2HQ
- Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

**Job Title: Buyer**

**Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements**

**Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits**

**Role Type: Full time / Permanent**

**Role ID: SF65024**

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 Buyer at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

**The Role**

As a Buyer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This role operates within the Procurement & Supply Chain function, supporting a critical project within the Mission Systems business unit within Babcock.

Day-to-day, you’ll provide support to the Babcock Supply Chain in the provision of Goods and/or Services.

This role will help build excellent relationships with suppliers for maximum performance. This involves working within a team of procurement professionals comprising of procurement managers, senior buyers and buyers, delivering on time and to the customer’s requirements.
- Prepare, issue and review supplier Request for Quotation’s, recommending preferred options to the relevant stakeholders.
- Converting purchase requisitions to purchase orders and issuing to suppliers, negotiating appropriate Terms and Conditions for the protection of the organisation.
- Manage and develop supplier relationships.
- Pro-active supplier order book management activities.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides flexible hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.

**Essential Experience of the Buyer**
- Procurement experience, ideally in an operational procurement environment
- Experience with ERP Systems including IFS and SAP is highly desirable.
- Experience in sourcing new materials and services.

**Qualifications for the Buyer**
- 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 4 or above is desirable.

**Security Clearance**

**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.

**Closing Date: 14/08/2025**

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