Planning & Delivery Leader - Finished Components

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Finished Components Category in Aerospace Procurement as a Planning & Delivery Leader. The Finished Components UK supplier management team, based in Derby, work with our international Supply Chain 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 delivery into new production engine build and aftermarket facilities to service customer assets.

What you will be doing

As a Planning & Delivery Leader you will be accountable to validate and execute delivery plans, manage performance from your supplier portfolio, 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

• 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 using standard tools, processes and metrics.
• Supplier Management - Regular reviews and communication (Order Book Reviews) on delivery plans, measurement 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.
• Where required, liaise with factory logistics teams to ensure timely receipt and despatch of parts.
• Support all critical delivery reviews through the supply of updated plans and commitments as agreed with the team.

Who we’re 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 with 3+ years of work experience in logistics, supply chain planning, purchasing or manufacturing OR; Bachelor’s degree 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.

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 which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.