Planning and Delivery Leader – Partners Category, Aerospace Procurement

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Planning and Delivery Leader – Partners Category, Aerospace Procurement

Full time

Bristol/Hybrid 

What you will be doing

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Partners Category in Aerospace Procurement as a Planning & Delivery Leader. The Transmissions and Defence SMT, based in Bristol, work with our international Supply Chain Partners and Joint Ventures to ensure on-time delivery of a variety of commodities. This exciting role interfaces across Civil Aerospace (Large Engines and Business Aviation), Defence and Naval to support new production engine build and spares to service customer assets.

As a Planning & Delivery Leader you will be accountable to validate and execute delivery plans, manage performance from your Partner, and anticipate and mitigate risks to secure future on-time delivery. You will ensure that the best outcomes are achieved for Rolls-Royce and its customers.

Responsibilities:

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to: 

• Ensure the Suppliers launch, and manufacture of all parts is executed in line with the agreed plan across the component lifecycle. Ensuring that all planning systems used to control production planning are managed and maintained daily including inbound delivery commitments as well as the resolution of Stock in Transit, GRIP & NCR Stock.
• Where performance diverges from the plan, identify and prioritise delivery issues whilst assisting the mitigation and resolution. Ensure awareness to leadership of the delivery issues mitigations and recovery plans. Ensure escalation of the delivery issues, mitigating actions and recovery plans. This will be achieved through the use of standard tool, processes and metrics.
• Supplier Management - Regular reviews and communication (Order Book Reviews) on delivery plans, measuring of delivery adherence and the escalation of issues when required. The early identification and impact of possible shortages and excess affecting the business plan, taking the necessary actions to ensure appropriate escalation and ensuring the mitigating actions are completed.
• 4 Weekly Planning - Ensure suppliers continuously realign the plan with credible data and in alignment with customer requirements, using the standard system interfaces. Support ERP compliance review process. Ensuring all front end actions are executed in a timely manner in line with the RRPS and ZEIAW (Excess Inventory Authorisation).
• Support buyers to resolve unverified invoice queries relating to schedule changes and goods receipt. Support Buyers when requested with data on delivery failures to enable them to make commercial claims with Suppliers if required (SP1).
• Where required, liaise with in factory logistics team to ensure timely receipt and despatch of parts. Supports all critical delivery reviews through the supply of updated plans and commitments as agreed with the team.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location.  It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.  As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.

Who we are looking for:

Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Associate’s degree in with 3+ years of work experience in logistics, supply chain planning, purchasing or manufacturing OR;•Bachelor's degree in with 1+ years of work experience in logistics, supply chain planning, purchasing or manufacturing OR Master's degree with 0+ years of work experience in logistics, supply chain planning, purchasing or manufacturing OR JD/PhD with 0+ years of work experience in logistics, supply chain planning, purchasing or manufacturing.
• In lieu of degree 5+ years of work experience in logistics, supply chain planning, purchasing or manufacturing.

Preferred Requirements:

• Systems, Applications and Products (SAP) experience.
• Experience with project management.
• Experience collaborating with various departments.

Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business.

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. 

The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to be SNBG 7 - 10.

This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role.

We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role. 

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here.

Grade: SNBG 7 - 10

Closing Date: Midnight 21st April 2025

For further information please contact: Andrew Low

Recruiter: Batinder Chana

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