Job Description

Job Title: Buyer
Location: Andover, Hampshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: 40,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Fixed Term Contract
Role ID: SF68421
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 Andover, Hampshire site.
The role
As a Buyer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will oversee and manage procurement activities to ensure timely sourcing of consumables and repairables in line with operational needs and the Approved Vendor List (AVL).
Day-to-day, you'll have the following responsibilities:

• Execute purchasing activities in line with project and customer requirements
• Ensure procurement processes comply with internal policies and regulatory standards
• Align procurement efforts with strategic sourcing and contracting strategies to maximise value
• Support supplier review meetings to assess performance and explore development opportunities
• Drive cost savings and enhance value contribution for both the customer and Babcock.

This role is full time working 37 hours per week and involves hybrid working with 2 days on site at Andover and 3 days working from home. The role is a fixed term contract for 52 weeks.
Essential experience of Buyer:

• Skilled in detailed quotation analysis, with the ability to develop and challenge supplier pricing to ensure value
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally
• Extensive background in commercial procurement, demonstrating sound judgement and strategic sourcing expertise
• Proficient in SAP or equivalent enterprise resource planning systems for procurement and supply chain operations.

Qualifications for the Buyer:
MCIPS qualification or active progression towards certification is considered advantageous and highly desirable.
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 .
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.
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 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: 28/10/2025

Skills Required