Logistics Capacity Manager

Job Title:                     Logistics Capability Manager

Location:                     Plymouth, Devon

Compensation:           £33,900 - £42,400 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF74932

Lead the future of defence logistics and make a real impact

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 Logistics Capability Manager at our Devonport Royal Dockyard, Burrington Way and Langage sites.

The role

As a Logistics Capability Manager, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to join a team of experienced defence logistics professionals delivering critical warehousing and distribution services that support the Royal Navy’s fleet of warships and submarines. Your work will directly contribute to operational readiness and national security while giving you the chance to develop your leadership, strategic planning and operational management expertise within a global engineering organisation.

Day-to-day, you’ll help shape and deliver the long-term logistics strategy for a complex operational environment. Working with delegated authority from the Logistics Leadership team, you'll ensure storage capacity and logistics capabilities are aligned to future business requirements, while leading teams through change and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Leading logistics capability and capacity planning activities to support operational and strategic objectives.


• Collaborating with Babcock colleagues and customer stakeholders to deliver key performance targets.


• Analysing operational data and performance metrics to drive informed business decisions.


• Championing continuous improvement initiatives across warehousing and distribution operations.


• Developing, coaching and motivating teams while promoting a positive learning culture and effective change management.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based in Plymouth.

Essential experience of the Logistics Capability Manager

• Experience in a management role at line manager level or above for a minimum of three years.


• Experience leading teams within a warehousing, logistics, supply chain or distribution environment.


• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build effective working relationships.


• Experience interpreting operational data to support business decision-making and performance improvement.


• High level of IT literacy, including strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

Qualifications for the Logistics Capability Manager

Essential

• Demonstrable management and leadership capability within a logistics or operational environment.

Desirable

• Level 4 qualification in Warehouse and Distribution.


• Membership of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) UK.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain 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 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 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

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

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: 24/07/2026

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