Procurement and Supply Chain Manager

We Served; England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nuclear solutions provider seeks a Procurement and Supply Chain Manager in Warrington. This strategic role involves managing procurement excellence and a team while navigating complex stakeholder environments. The ideal candidate will have a CIPS or MCIPS qualification and significant experience in contract management. Offering hybrid working and various benefits, this role supports the UK's nuclear infrastructure and clean energy initiatives.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension scheme

Access to digital health services

Employee share scheme

Volunteering leave

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in advanced stakeholder management.
• Ability to navigate complex environments.
• Proven experience in project goal delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement for major projects.
• Manage and mentor supply chain team.
• Build strategic relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Contract management

Resource planning

Influencing techniques

Writing procurement strategies

Education

CIPS or MCIPS qualification

Job description

Job Title

Procurement and Supply Chain Manager

Location

Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation

Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type

Full time / Permanent

Shape the Future of Nuclear Innovation

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Procurement and Supply Chain Manager, based at our Warrington, Cheshire site.

The Role

As a Procurement and Supply Chain Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll lead the delivery of strategic and operational procurement excellence across a major project within Cavendish Nuclear. This is a high‑impact role where your decisions will shape the future of clean energy and defence, while supporting the UK’s nuclear infrastructure.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll lead procurement and supply chain support for a major project.

• Manage and mentor a team of supply chain professionals.
• Build strategic relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to the functional management team to deliver business goals.
• Collaborate with partners to shape and challenge business strategy and priorities.

This is a full‑time role based in Warrington, Cheshire, with a 37‑hour working week, a hybrid working pattern requiring a minimum of three days onsite, and travel to customer sites may be required.

Essential experience

• Applying advanced stakeholder management and influencing techniques.
• Navigating complex stakeholder environments across multiple organisations.
• Delivering project goals through effective resource planning and contract management.
• Placing and managing NEC4 contracts.
• Writing procurement strategies, plans, and contract award recommendations.

Qualifications

• Ideally, you’ll hold a recognised professional procurement qualification such as CIPS or MCIPS, or an equivalent.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. 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 UK Cavendish 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.

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost‑effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

Inclusion and flexibility

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 [e-mail] 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

09/01/2026