Production Planner - Submarines

Rolls-Royce plc; Derby; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company based in Derby is seeking a Production Planner for their submarines division. The role involves managing production plans and ensuring timely delivery through effective planning. Candidates should have experience in production planning and knowledge of MRP/ERP systems. The company offers a competitive salary and diverse workplace culture.

Benefits

Bonus

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning & control is essential.
• Demonstrated ability to manage deliveries under challenging circumstances.
• Working knowledge of MRP and/or ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Compliance with the planning cycle to produce and track credible plans.
• Validate proposed plans and work with Supply Chain Planners.
• Ensure production activities maintain robust and credible data.

Skills

Production planning experience

Ability to manage deliveries

Knowledge of MRP/ERP systems

Influencing skills

Job description

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Job Description

Job Title -Production Planner - Submarines

Working Pattern - Full Time

Working Location - Derby, Raynesway

Exciting opportunities for Production Planners has arisen within Rolls-Royce Submarines, based at our Raynesway site in Derby.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is home to some of the world's finest minds. And nowhere are those minds more keenly tested than in our growing nuclear business. Our team is comprised of a broad range of experts in the fields of engineering, manufacturing, project management and procurement. This is your chance to join them.

We’ll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.

Watch our Submarine Story and visit our Defence Website to learn more about our ambitious world-leading successes and purpose.

You will be working as part of one of our Control Account Team’s (CAT) within a Delivery Business Unit (DBU). The Production Planner will be responsible for delivery of their defined portfolio acting as a single point of contact, driving on time delivery through effective planning whilst maintaining the ERP and supporting systems. Within your team you will identify, prioritise, mitigate and resolve delivery issues.

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

What you will be doing:

With this exciting opportunity your main responsibilities will include:

• Compliance with the planning cycle, to produce, communicate and track progression a credible plan to meet customer demands, including inventory, logistics and storage considerations.

• To validate proposed plans, working with Supply Chain Planners, to ensure delivery of raw materials to meet requirements, working with Production Leaders & Production Controllers to ensure production plans meet customer requirements, and to ensure production plans meet NPI requirements where appropriate.

• Ensure production activities are undertaken to ensure the ERP system is maintained with robust & credible data that creates suitable supply plans, taking actions to rectify in accuracies.

• Awareness of inventory & logistics implication across the value stream and optimise inventory, whilst minimising customer delivery risk/costs.

• To carry out and input in to required business and operational reviews to understand capability to deliver to demand requirements, to define and manage actions to mitigate risks and issues.

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce 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.

To be successful in this role you will need to meet the following criteria:

• Experience of production planning & control is essential

• Demonstrated ability to manage deliveries and make balanced business decisions under challenging circumstances.

• Working knowledge of, and experience with MRP and/or ERP systems.

• Has the ability to influence others.

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.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual must hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individualswho are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national

Job Category

Supply Chain Planning & Control

Posting Date

30 Jul 2025; 00:07

Posting End Date

13 Aug 2025

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