Supply Chain Planning Specialist

We Served; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense company in Cheltenham is looking for a Supply Chain Planning Specialist to ensure critical materials for life-saving operations. Responsibilities include inventory optimization, material forecasting, and compliance with regulations. Candidates should have proven experience in supply chain management and be proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel. Generous benefits and flexible working options are offered, along with opportunities for professional development. Application by 05/01/2026.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in planning, scheduling, inventory management, logistics, or supply chain operations.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise and manage multiple, sometimes conflicting tasks effectively.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Optimise inventory by managing stock levels and reducing obsolete items.
• Forecast and manage material availability, including repair orders.
• Produce and share reports, coordinating with Engineering and Tool Store.
• Coordinate international movements of components/tools, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Maintain Approved Vendor List (AVL) and supplier documentation.

Skills

Inventory management

Logistics

Scheduling

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Effective prioritization

Job description

Supply Chain Planning Specialist

Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Compensation: Competitive

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

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 Supply Chain Planning Specialist at Gloucestershire Airport.

The role

As a Supply Chain Planning Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will ensure critical materials are available to keep life‑saving helicopters flying and supporting missions that make a real difference to communities.

Responsibilities

• Optimise inventory by managing stock levels, reducing obsolete items, and ensuring safety stock for fast‑moving parts
• Forecast and manage material availability, including repair orders and expediting as needed
• Produce and share reports, coordinating with Engineering and Tool Store to ensure calibrated tooling availability
• Coordinate international movements of components/tools, ensuring compliance with import/export and trade regulations
• Maintain Approved Vendor List (AVL) and supplier documentation in line with UK Civil Aviation Authority requirements.

Essential Experience

• Proven experience in planning, scheduling, inventory management, logistics, or supply chain operations
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise and manage multiple, sometimes conflicting tasks effectively
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Qualifications

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / 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 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.

About 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 [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: 05/01/2026