Job Title: Vendor Administrator
Location: Flexible, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF61843
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 Vendor Administrator.
The role
As a Vendor Administrator, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Interpreting, validating, maintaining and updating supplier master records on behalf of the Procurement & Supply Chain (P&SC) function, including the provision of reporting & analytical support within the Shared Service Team & externally to customers as required.
Day-to-day, you’ll ensure the Approved Vendor List supports all business requirements, manage risk and remove any non-value adding activity to enable an efficient and effective supplier assurance activity to be in place.
- Coordinating supplier assurance activity to maintain the Approved Vendor List for all sectors of Babcock International Group.
- Support Vendor Management activities across the group, including new supplier requests, on boarding process, maintenance and vendor list management.
- Support reporting on all aspects of supplier on-boarding, maintenance, assurance activities and providing administrative & analytical support.
- Execute supplier on-boarding expediting, escalation process and identify & deliver efficiency & effectiveness benefits through continuous improvement.
- Support engagement with business to drive improvement in KPI performance, maintaining and assuring delivery of SLAs and assure master data compliance.
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with occasional travel being required.
Essential experience of the Vendor Administrator:
- Experience in administration
- Understanding of data and document management (including version control)
- The ability to communicate effectively at all levels
- Experience of working with high volumes and responding to multiple priorities effectively in parallel
- Hands on approach; Problem solver
Qualifications for the Vendor Administrator:
- 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 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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 31/01/2025
