Senior Strategic Supplier Partnerships Lead

Rolls-Royce Corporation; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual Leave

Retirement Savings

Group Life Assurance

Income Protection

Job summary

Rolls-Royce Corporation in Derby is seeking a Senior Supplier Relationship professional to own a strategic supplier account strategy, drive executive engagement and lead negotiations across cost, technology, and risk.

You will align demand and capacity, monitor performance, and mitigate geopolitical and technology risks while delivering measurable value for the business. This is a hybrid role with on-site presence three days per week.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience in strategic supplier relationships, key-account management, procurement or commercial roles within a complex global organisation.
• Passionate about creating long-term supplier value across cost, cash, technology, innovation, capacity and risk.
• Strong commercial judgement and executive relationship skills, translating complex opportunities and risks into clear strategy and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• In the Senior Supplier Relationship role, you will own the supplier account strategy, setting clear relationship objectives, value priorities and measures of success. Lead executive engagement, strategic negotiations and issue resolution, Unlock and track opportunities across cost, cash, technology, innovation, capacity and partnership. Connect demand, capacity and resilience with financial, geopolitical and technology risks, ensuring clear ownership of mitigation.

Skills

Strategic supplier relationships

Key-account management

Procurement

Commercial roles

Job description

Rolls-Royce Corporation in Derby is seeking a Senior Supplier Relationship professional to own a strategic supplier account strategy, drive executive engagement and lead negotiations across cost, technology, and risk.

You will align demand and capacity, monitor performance, and mitigate geopolitical and technology risks while delivering measurable value for the business. This is a hybrid role with on-site presence three days per week.