Planning & Control Manager - 12 Month Secondment

Planning & Control Manager - 12 month Secondment

Full time

Derby

Why Rolls-Royce?

An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Planning & Control individual to fill the position of Planning and Control Manager, reporting directly to the Senior Planning & Control Manager in Derby.

This is a fantastic opportunity to integrate with a factory as a key member of the Team of 4 for the business and be exposed to new engine build for Civil Large Engines. In Large Engines we are continuing our post- COVID growth journey; delivering 304 Engines last year and a requirement of 400 engines for 2025 onwards, this brings challenges and opportunities to learn and develop in a fast-paced environment with a high level of internal and external customer focus.

Responsibilities:

In the Planning & Control Manager role, you will have an opportunity to drive an integrated Planning & Control functional plan for the Business Unit, leading all Planning & Control activities across the product lifecycle for the business including demand cascade, inventory planning, resource planning; rates through gates, work in progress and delivery control; understanding lead time and losses and driving improvement to deliver for our customers. You will also:

• Ensure demand and capacity balance across the Business to ensure customer on time delivery with optimal inventory and drive the business delivery plans and governance to ensure launch & output plans are robust and met.

• Lead the business process on confirming launch/WIP control, rates through gates, enablers/risks contributing to the Weekly Operations Review.

• Within the S&OP process you will consider short term (output robustness / brick adherence plans), medium term (monthly/quarterly performance) and long term (strategic growth, NPI and rate increase).  Preparation, interpretation and scenario modelling of the relevant business S&OP plan for evaluation by the PTF leadership team Manage the inventory planning and control process across the business, ensuring business area WIP and inventory are managed to budget.

• Develop, coach and lead the Planning & Control team members ensuring positive engagement, improvement and professional delivery of responsibilities.

• Be an active member of team of 4 leadership for the business, voice of the customer and conscience of the business in terms of decision making, integrating across the 4 Large Engine businesses to deliver the best outcome for our customers.

• Work with the customer team to support information sharing and working together with Airbus and Boeing through regular governance with on site teams.

Why Rolls-Royce?

We deliver the best jet engines in the world. We’re proud to be part of the pathway to net zero as we power society for generations to come.

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into an inclusive culture, one that invests in your continuous learning and development, and gives you access to a wide breadth and depth of experience.

Work at Rolls-Royce in a busy, world-class engineering and manufacturing environment.

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

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

Your needs are as unique as you are. 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 put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference.  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.

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.

• Robust knowledge of Planning & Control, SAP and/or MRP Relevant experience within planning, manufacturing or supply chain with APICs or equivalent qualifications

• The ability to communicate with all parts of the business including internal and external stakeholders. 

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 Level C.

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: Derby Level C

Closing Date: Midnight 23rd May 2025

For further information please contact: Fiona Macleod

Recruiter: Batinder Chana