SAP Solution Lead Procurement and Supply Chain

Babcock International; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence contractor in the UK is seeking a SAP Solution Lead to oversee the digital transformation within Procurement and Supply Chain. The role involves designing and supporting key SAP modules, driving improvements, and collaborating with stakeholders. The successful candidate must have extensive SAP experience and be a sole UK national eligible for Security Clearance. This position offers flexible hybrid working arrangements and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP and health consultations

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefits

Be Kind Day for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Designing and supporting SAP ECC6 and Ariba modules for Procurement and Supply Chain.
• Leading support for Coupa solutions across various procurement processes.
• Gathering requirements and blueprinting solutions with stakeholders.
• Creating and maintaining documentation for business processes and training materials.
• Driving continuous improvement across SAP and Coupa platforms.

Skills

Extensive hands-on experience in SAP Solutions Lead within Procurement & Supply Chain

Excellent understanding of business processes in Procurement & Supply Chain

Integration experience with Finance, Logistics, and HR

Configuration support experience with Materials Management and Ariba

Education

University degree or relevant experience in Procurement & Supply Chain

Job description

Job Title: SAP Solution Lead - Procurement and Supply Chain

Location: Flexible UK Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF61282 / 1

Lead the Future of Digital Transformation in Defence and Engineering

At Babcock we were working to create a safe and secure world together and if you join us you can play your part as a SAP Solution Lead within Procurement and Supply Chain.

The role

As the SAP Solution Lead for Procurement & Supply Chain (P&SC) you’ll play a critical role in driving our digital transformation. Positioned at the core of our SAP Service and Programme organisation you’ll shape and optimise the systems that underpin our procurement and supply chain operations. Your expertise will be instrumental in enhancing operational efficiency fostering innovation and enabling the delivery of essential services to defence and beyond.

Day-to-day you’ll be:

• Designing, configuring and supporting SAP ECC6 and Ariba modules for Procurement and Supply Chain Planning.
• Leading functional and configuration support for Coupa solutions across Source to Contract (S2C) Requisition to Pay (R2P) Analytics and Open Business Network.
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders to gather requirements and blueprint solutions.
• Creating and maintaining documentation including business processes, functional specs, test scripts and training materials.
• Driving continuous improvement and troubleshooting across SAP and Coupa platforms.

This role is full time 37.5 hours per week and can be based near our Bristol site or a key Babcock hub including Rosyth Portsmouth Plymouth or London etc with hybrid working arrangements and occasional travel.

Essential experience of the SAP Solution Lead:

• Extensive hands‑on experience as a SAP Solutions Lead within Procurement & Supply Chain and able to demonstrate previous Source to Contract Requisition to Pay Analytics configuration releases and support experience.
• Excellent understanding of business processes and integrations within Procurement & Supply Chain and related solutions required to deliver the service.
• Integration experience with Finance, Logistics, Project Systems, Timesheets, HR, Asset Management and Operations.
• Previous configuration support across Materials Management, Investment Management, Materials Requirement Planning, Production Planning, Supply Chain Planning, Logistics Execution and Ariba Modules.

Qualifications for the SAP Solution Lead:

• A university degree or relevant experience in Procurement & Supply Chain.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is 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 - ().

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 days 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: 09 / 01 / 2026