Planning & Delivery Leader

Rolls-Royce Corporation; Aston-on-Trent; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual Leave

Group Life Assurance

Income Protection

Retirement Savings

Job summary

Rolls-Royce Corporation in Derby with hybrid working (3 days a week in the office) is seeking a Planning & Delivery Leader to drive production schedules and procurement coordination. You will ensure material availability, coordinate supplier commitments, and maintain ERP data integrity to support on-time delivery.

The role requires a degree in a numerate or business discipline or 3+ years in purchasing/planning, with strong knowledge of S&OP, forecasting and inventory management.

Qualifications

• Degree level in a numerate or business discipline, or 3+ years equivalent business experience in purchasing, planning, manufacturing or supply chain.
• APICS CPIM or equivalent professional body desirable.

Responsibilities

• Schedule equipment and personnel and confirm material supply and demands.
• Coordinate interdepartmental activity causing delivery delays with quality assurance, manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, inventory control, traffic, etc.
• Scheduling and expediting the movement of parts by move orders, stock transfers and shipping orders.
• Work with relevant stakeholders and third-party service providers to support resolution of delivery issues.
• Interface with wider Rolls-Royce and Procurement for early identification and impact of possible shortages and excess affecting the business plan.
• Support the Work Queue methodology to mitigate sourcing activities and develop the Work Queue flow and tools.
• As part of demand flow down, manage requisitions for un-sourced parts to ensure timely sourcing by Buyers.
• Supplier Management, if required, to drive arrears recovery plans and buffer stock compliance.

Skills

S&OP knowledge

Demand planning

Forecasting

Inventory management

Excel

SAP

Education

Degree in numerate or business

APICS CPIM

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

Job Description Planning & Delivery Leader Full Time Derby/Hybrid working (3 days a week in the office)

Why join Rolls-Royce?

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. 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.

Position Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a cross functional team that will be driving down the Parts Work Queue in Procurement. As a Planning and Delivery Leader for Rolls-Royce, you’ll play an integral role in the preparation, planning, and issuing and controlling production schedules along with coordinating material requirements, to ensure a controlled flow for approved materials is timed to meet production. This role also involves driving adherence to supplier commitments, resolving risks to delivery and inventory, and maintaining SAP data integrity in line with ERP processes.

What you will be doing:

• Scheduling equipment and personnel and confirming material supply and demands.
• Review part specific schedules and action exception messages as needed.
• Coordinating interdepartmental activity causing delivery delays with quality assurance, manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, inventory control, traffic, etc.
• Scheduling and expediting the movement of parts by means of move orders, stock transfers and requests for shipping orders.
• Working within broader Procurement and GBS team to mitigate unnecessary sourcing activities.
• Working with relevant stakeholders and third-party service providers support the resolution of delivery issue.
• Supports the provision of delivery commitments and action status through relevant PI executive tools and systems.
• Interface with wider Rolls-Royce and Procurement for early identification and impact of possible shortages and excess affecting the business plan, to ensure mitigating actions are completed and escalates where appropriate.
• Work in line with the Procurement Production System and support its development and improvement activities to continuously improve the way we operate.
• Support the Work Queue methodology to mitigate sourcing activities where appropriate and development of the Work Queue flow and tools.
• As part of demand flow down, manage the requisitions for un-sourced parts to ensure Buyers can source the parts in a timely manner.
• Supplier Management, if required, works with suppliers to create and execute arrears recovery plans for parts/suppliers who are behind plans, utilizing an appropriate suite of planning and control tools and drive suppliers to be compliant with their buffer stock requirements/agreements.

Stakeholder management:

• Where performance diverges from the plan, identify and prioritise delivery issues whilst assisting the mitigation and resolution.
• Escalate delivery issues accordingly to drive timely resolution of issues.
• Manage communication with stakeholders for shortages and excess inventory, communicate clearly the issue, demonstrating control by providing plans to resolve issues and provide frequent updates.
• Work with other functions to ensure items which could impact on a supplier’s ability to deliver are resolved, including but not limited to invoice clearance, commercial disputes, technical/quality queries or insufficient purchase order coverage.

Position qualifications

• Educated to a degree level in a numerate or business discipline, or will have 3+ years equivalent business experience within purchasing, planning, manufacturing or supply chain.
• Membership of a relevant professional body or institute would be desirable e.g., APICS CPIM.
• Experience in supply chain planning, production planning, supplier management, or delivery management within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), demand planning, forecasting, and inventory management, continuous improvement tools and purchasing processes.
• You will be a proficient user of Microsoft Office applications (Excel is essential) with working knowledge of an ERP system, preferably SAP MRP, Production Planning & Material Management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to communicate with all parts of the business including internal and external stakeholders.

Regional Benefits

• Generous Annual Leave
• Retirement Savings 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

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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.

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 grade 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. Grade: SNBG 7-10 Closing Date: 12th October 2026

People Leader: Melissa Young

For further information please contact: Batinder Chana Job Category Supply Chain Planning & Control Posting Date 05 Oct 2026; 00:10 Posting End Date 12 Oct 2026

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