Senior Strategic Supplier Relationships Lead

rollsroyce; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual Leave

Retirement Savings Trust

Group Life Assurance

Group Income Protection

Employee Shares programme

Job summary

Rolls-Royce in Derby is seeking a Senior Supplier Relationship professional to own strategic supplier accounts and drive value across cost, technology and risk. The hybrid role requires three days on site. You will lead executive engagements and shape multi-year partnerships, delivering measurable outcomes.

In this role you will connect demand, capacity and resilience with financial and geopolitical risks, building clear strategies with senior stakeholders across a global supplier network.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience in strategic supplier relationships or key-account management within a complex global organisation.
• Strong commercial judgement translating opportunities and risks into clear strategy and outcomes.
• Experience in procurement or strategic sourcing within large enterprises.

Responsibilities

• Own the supplier account strategy with clear relationship objectives 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 and geopolitical risks, ensuring clear ownership of mitigation.

Skills

Strategic supplier relationships

Key-account management

Procurement experience

Commercial judgement

Job description

Rolls-Royce in Derby is seeking a Senior Supplier Relationship professional to own strategic supplier accounts and drive value across cost, technology and risk. The hybrid role requires three days on site. You will lead executive engagements and shape multi-year partnerships, delivering measurable outcomes.

In this role you will connect demand, capacity and resilience with financial and geopolitical risks, building clear strategies with senior stakeholders across a global supplier network.