About the role
Join Babcock New Zealand as a Procurement Specialist and help shape the future of our Marine Engineering business. Leading RFx activities, supplier negotiations and category strategies, you’ll drive value, strengthen supplier partnerships and deliver commercial outcomes that reduce risk and optimise cost. Working closely with stakeholders across the business, you’ll turn strategy into action while living our principles of being curious, collaborating and owning outcomes.
This is a varied, fast-paced role where no two days are the same. You’ll manage complex supplier relationships, support contract and category management, and use your market insights to influence key business decisions. With exposure to a diverse supply chain, ERP systems like IFS, and ongoing professional development, you’ll build your commercial expertise, expand your technical knowledge, and make a real impact on critical projects that matter.
About you
You combine sharp commercial acumen with calm, confident negotiation. You architect category strategies, run RFx end‑to‑end, and turn analysis into decisive action. You interrogate costs using TCO and should‑cost models, understand contract law, and manage risk systematically. You build trust with stakeholders and suppliers, uplift performance, and lead escalations professionally. You’re ERP‑literate (ideally IFS), proactive, organised, and ethical. You thrive in regulated Defence environments and are eligible for NV1 clearance, delivering measurable value and resilient supply outcomes at scale, consistently.
Key Required Skills
- Strategic sourcing and category management in complex, regulated environments.
- Commercial acumen and advanced negotiation.
- Supplier relationship management and performance improvement/escalation leadership.
- Contract law understanding for complex agreements.
- Cost analysis: TCO, should‑cost, and cost modelling.
- Supply chain risk identification, mitigation, and governance.
- Data analysis and evidence‑based decision‑making.
- Clear written, verbal, and presentation communication with stakeholder influence.
Key Required Qualifications
- Tertiary qualification in Supply Chain/Procurement/Logistics, Finance, or Commerce.
- Eligibility to obtain (or current) NV1 security clearance.
- Demonstrated experience in strategic procurement/category management within complex, regulated settings (Defence or engineering services desirable).
- Proficiency with ERP systems (IFS or similar).