Senior Inventory Manager

Job Title:                     Senior Inventory Manager

Location:                     Flexible UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:           Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF75385

Help Power Critical Defence Communications and Lead a High-Performing Inventory Team at the Heart of National Security.

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 Senior Inventory Manager at our Plymouth, Devon, Oakhanger, Hampshire, Hawthorn or Bristol, UK site.

The role

As a Senior Inventory Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You'll join our Mission Systems Supply Chain team supporting a key Military Satellite Communications contract. This is a newly created leadership role offering the opportunity to shape inventory strategy, drive continuous improvement and influence critical defence support operations. You'll lead a remote team, collaborate with senior stakeholders and play a vital role in ensuring the availability, accuracy and control of inventory that supports essential defence capabilities.

This role offers outstanding exposure across supply chain, logistics, procurement and operational teams, providing excellent opportunities for professional growth within a global engineering and defence organisation

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

As Senior Inventory Manager you will be responsible for the management of the Military Satellite Communications Inventory team and oversight of the day-to-day activities in support of the contract.

Day to day you will:

• Maintain overall accountability of the contract Public Stores Account, ensuring reporting accuracy and on time submission


• Promote a data accuracy and system driven mindset within the inventory team.


• Representation of the Inventory team at project meetings.


• Ownership of the contract Inventory policies and processes, using user feedback to maintain a continuous improvement approach to addressing blockers and increase efficiencies.


• Provide Inventory SME support to the team and wider project and work in collaboration with the project Procurement and Logistics teams, as well as wider project departments such as Service Delivery, Finance, ILS, and Business Operations.


• Stakeholder management with our MoD customer and review data accuracy, utilising look ups and pivot tables on excel

This is a full-time, 37-hour per week role based at Hawthorn, Oakhanger, Devonport or Bristol. Hybrid working patterns are available, with a minimum of two days a week in the office. Travel to other Babcock and customer sites will be expected.

Essential experience of the Senior Inventory Manager

• Previous Inventory/Supply Chain/Logistics Management experience within the Defence Sector.


• Understanding of systems and knowledge relating to inventory management and material control.


• The ability to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders across the business and customer.


• Experience leading a team.


• Excel experience in reviewing and manipulating the data, using look ups and pivot tables.

Qualifications for the Senior Inventory Manager

• CILT level 3 or above or similar equivalent


• Leadership and management level 3 or above

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 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement


• ‘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: 21/08/2026

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