Planning & Delivery Leader - Procurement

Rolls-Royce plc; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in Bristol is seeking a Planning & Delivery Leader to ensure timely procurement of parts. This role involves managing supplier relations, resolving delivery issues, and ensuring data compliance. Candidates should possess experience in supply chain or logistics and have strong organizational skills. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits within a hybrid working environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must have experience in logistics, supply chain planning, purchasing or manufacturing.
• Preferred: SAP experience and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure on-time delivery of parts through effective planning.
• Drive adherence to supplier commitments and manage relationships.
• Identify delivery issues and work with stakeholders to resolve them.
• Support buyers with invoice queries and track unverified invoices.

Skills

Logistics

Supply chain planning

Purchasing

Manufacturing

Project management

Education

Associate’s degree with 3+ years of experience or Bachelor's degree with 1+ years

In lieu of degree, 5+ years of experience

Tools

SAP

Job description

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Planning & Delivery Leader - Procurement

Apply locations Bristol time type Full time posted on Posted 6 Days Ago job requisition id JR6135122

Job Description

Planning and Delivery Leader – Procurement

Full time

Bristol/Hybrid

What you will be doing

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Procurement team in Bristol.

You will be responsible for ensuring the planning and on time delivery of a defined portfolio of parts across the full product lifecycle - including but not limited to NPI, production, transfers, reactivations and supply chain design.

You will be the first point of contact with regards to delivery for the externalsupply chain and internal stakeholders, ensuring strong relationship management.

You’ll be responsible for driving adherence to the commitment accepted plan with suppliers, by proactively identifying and working with the relevant stakeholders in addressing and resolving risks which would impact delivery and inventory performance. To be ERP process and system compliant, ensuring SAP data integrity.

Responsibilities:

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

• 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.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

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

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 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 in with 3+ years of work experience in logistics, supply chain planning, purchasing or manufacturing OR;•Bachelor's degree in 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.

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 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.

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: SNBG 7 - 10

Closing Date: 12th August 2025

People Leader - Andrew Low

Recruiter: Batinder Chana

Job Category

Supply Chain Planning & Control

Posting Date

29 Jul 2025; 00:07

Posting End Date

12 Aug 2025

About Us

Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet’s vital power needs.