Contract & Commercial Lead

Rolls-royce; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave

Pension Savings

Group Life Assurance

Income Protection

Employee Shares

Digital GP

EAP & Wellbeing

Job summary

Rolls-Royce is seeking a commercially minded professional to drive value across our global IT landscape. You will lead contract management for key suppliers, guide contract performance, and deliver accurate financial forecasting to enable cost savings and strategic alignment.

You will engage senior stakeholders, manage high-value relationships, and ensure governance across a multinational environment. This role offers dynamic collaboration within Rolls-Royce’s IT function and diversified benefit

Qualifications

• Experience in a multinational organisation and senior stakeholder management.
• Proven ability to manage high-value third-party suppliers.
• Strong numerical and analytical capabilities and proficiency in Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial management of supplier relationships.
• Interpret contracts and guide suppliers to meet obligations.
• Deliver accurate financial forecasting and identify savings.
• Engage senior stakeholders and align performance with strategy.
• Lead escalation and dispute processes when required.

Skills

Stakeholder mgmt

Supplier management

Contract management

Financial forecasting

Analytical skills

Microsoft Office

Service delivery

Operations experience

Influencing skills

Job description

In this role, you will play a critical part in driving commercial value and cost efficiency across our global IT landscape. You will:

• Lead the commercial and contract management of key supplier relationships
• Interpret and manage contracts, guiding suppliers to meet contractual obligations
• Review and manage contract amendments, providing informed feedback
• Deliver accurate financial forecasting (in-year and forward-looking OPEX spend)
• Identify and drive commercial savings opportunities
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders across the business
• Align contract performance with business strategy and objectives
• This role is key to delivering cost savings and commercial discipline across Rolls-Royce and Group IT.
• Own the budget for suppliers and the relationships to ensure effective delivery of products and services
• Manage strategic suppliers and oversee budgeting processes
• Drive supplier performance across commercial, operational and SLA metrics
• Lead issue resolution, including escalations and formal dispute processes where required
• Provide actionable supplier performance insights
• Ensure all contractual obligations and deliverables are met in line with agreed schedules
• Strengthen commercial governance and financial discipline across the function

We're seeking a commercially minded professional with strong stakeholder and supplier management experience in a global environment.

You will bring:

• Proven experience with delivery of results in a large, multinational organisation
• Strong senior stakeholder management skills, ideally within service delivery or operations
• Experience working within a shared services model
• Excellent influencing and communication capabilities in a fast-paced, demanding environment
• Experience managing high-value third-party suppliers
• Strong numerical and analytical skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

Our People are our power, so when join Rolls-Royce you are offered more than a salary. You are given a choice of flexible benefits from life insurance to gym discounts and tax free cycling.

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

• Generous Annual Leave
• Retirement Savings through the Rolls-Royce Retirement Savings Trust
• Group Life Assurance provides for a lump sum benefit if you die whilst employed by Rolls-Royce
• Group Income Protection provides an income in the event that you are unable to work due to illness or injury
• Your Shares: Matched is a simple way to own Rolls-Royce shares and invest in our future, together. Buy one share, get one free!
• Digital GP provides a convenient way for you to access GP consultations
• Employee Assistance (EAP) and Live Well programmes

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.