Supply Chain Manager - UK Supply Chain Planning

Location: Derby, Manchester OR Warrington offices - Hybrid working flexibility

We are Rolls-Royce SMR and we’re doing something that’s never been done before. We’re revolutionising an industry. That’s a once-in-a-career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy.

Rolls Royce SMR is a bold and ambitious company with a highly skilled workforce that operates at pace to maintain competitive advantage and to succeed on our vision to deliver affordable energy for all.

Role Purpose:

As Supply Chain Manager - UK Supply Chain Planning, you will be responsible for the planning, development and delivery of the United Kingdom (UK) Procurement and Supply Chain (P&SC) strategy. Leading the relationship with our key Customer Great British Nuclear (GBN) and acting as the primary interface. Working with the wider Procurement Teams ensuring commodity, partnership and operational strategies to meet customer requirements and deliverables.

Overview of key responsibilities and required experience:

• Managing a UK strategy that supports delivery of our key Business and P&SC Strategy Team objectives.
• Driving performance and monitoring the key performance indicators associated with Customer Satisfaction and delivery of Customer specific in-contract performance measures.
• Planning and implementing strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and commitments as well as legal and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrable knowledge of typical customer requirements to support delivery of localisation and Economic Value targets.
• A deep knowledge and understanding of supply chain management including knowledge of the nuclear market (UK and International), codes and standards, accreditation and regional economics.
• Ability to monitor industry trends and emerging supply chain issues to ensure appropriate actions to mitigate risk to business delivery are in place.
• Author P&SC procurement and contracting strategy deliverables to GBN on a periodic basis.
• Ability to work cross functionally to ensure delivery of targets and goals.
• Working closely with GBN and their third party Project Management organisation.
• The ability to present and influence in this customer environment is required to ensure achievement of UK strategy goals and deliverables whilst managing this key relationship.
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills will be required as will the ability to travel within the UK to effectively manage these external stakeholder relationships.
• Proficient in writing clear, structured documents, emails and reports to convey complex, sometimes commercially sensitive information.
• Understanding of the P&SC Supply Chain Overarching Strategy as well as a strong grasp of the individual commodity & partnership supplier selection programmes to ensure that GBN deliverables, as per the project delivery programme, are achieved.
• Ability to identify the opportunities, manage the risks, and implement changes within this key customer environment without any detrimental impact on the organisation.

Mandatory Experience, Training Or/and Qualifications:

• Experience in a Purchasing Role
• Proven experience managing UK and International external Customers

Beneficial Experience, Training Or/and Qualifications:

• MCIPS preferred
• Training or qualifications in any nuclear industry related courses would be an advantage i.e. Mechanical codes and standards, ISO

Why Join Us?

You will be joining a forward-thinking organization that values transparency, fairness, and innovation in its reward philosophy. You will play a key role in shaping the way we attract, retain, and motivate our talent.

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we’ll let you in on a secret: there’s no such thing as a ‘perfect’ candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you.

Also, if you are considering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch, we welcome applications from people with transferable skills.

Pay And Benefits:

We anticipate paying a salary of between £57,600 - £75,600 DOE plus:

• Bonus - Performance related target opportunity 12.5%
• Benefits Allowance – £2,200 per annum, enabling you to create a bespoke package
• Pension - 12% employer and 6% employee contributions.
• Holidays - 28 days holiday (+ public holidays) and the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days.
• Private Medical Insurance - BUPA single cover health care
• Life Assurance - 6x pensionable pay
• £250 - One-off payment for new starters for home office purchases

Company Related:

We are Rolls-Royce SMR. Rolls-Royce SMR is a rare employer because it blends the world-class brand of Rolls Royce with an exciting start-up that has a hugely challenging mission. We’re doing work that contributes to the survival of the planet. Because of our mission, there’s a pace and energy that is palpable, and our leaders draw you in with their passion, energy, and determination.

We’re one of a handful of employers who can genuinely say we’re a strengths-based organisation – our people are here because of what makes them great, and our job is to help them make the best contribution of their careers doing work they love.

The start-up mentality coupled with our strengths-approach to people means there are opportunities to grow in ways and jobs you probably would be barred from doing in more traditional companies.

Each Rolls-Royce SMR power station will have the capacity to generate 470MW of low carbon energy, equivalent to more than 150 onshore wind turbines and enough to power a million homes. It will provide consistent baseload generation for at least 60 years, helping to support the roll out of renewable generation and overcome intermittency issues.

Our Culture:

At Rolls-Royce SMR, we are committed to ensuring that our teams reflect the communities we serve and that everyone can be themselves at work. We know that diverse teams are more innovative and get better results, and that our people can thrive and be more successful in truly inclusive cultures. Join us and help shape our culture. Find out more about our inclusion pledge.

Rolls-Royce SMR is a place where everyone can grow, so whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day and help shape our culture.

Our Application Process:

Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening. These are:

• Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance
• Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check