Strategic Service Parts Planner & Inventory Lead

Confidential; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Rolls-Royce in Derby is seeking a Services Parts Planner to forecast and manage parts demand across in‑service, used and repair supply chains. You will work with internal teams to understand part usage, identify risks, and drive cost-effective actions while keeping stock turns healthy.

You will engage with engineering, repair services and supply chains across the UK and overseas to improve demand accuracy and financial performance.

Qualifications

• Strong data analysis and decision-making skills.
• IT proficiency including SAP MRP/Sales & Distribution and Excel.
• Understanding of inventory principles, planning and managing.
• Understanding of forecasting & demand management principles.
• Programme management experience in support of development & execution of strategies and new concepts.
• Experience of MRO/used material supply chains including Reduce To Parts (RTP).

Responsibilities

• Evaluate SIOP demand and supply plans to identify customer or financial risk and manage resolution of any issues.
• Maintain forecasts for all in service requirements, ensuring variances to forecast are investigated and demand accuracy/inventory is improved.
• Plan, manage, report and drive inventory by analysing trends to produce recommendations.
• Liaise with Project Team to understand Fleet Operational Plan and other usage drivers.
• Lead development of active used material management processes and policies for customer MRO activities.
• Identify causes of variability and risk mitigation strategies affecting demand accuracy.
• Apply through-life policies to generate gross asset forecast and stock requirements for new, used and repair supply chains.
• Maintain understanding of current performance of the new parts and repair supply chains.
• Support product change governance and Reviews.
• Support process improvement through Community of Practice.

Skills

Data analysis

Forecasting

Inventory management

SAP MRP

Excel

Stakeholder management

Tools

SAP MRP/SD

Job description

Rolls-Royce in Derby is seeking a Services Parts Planner to forecast and manage parts demand across in‑service, used and repair supply chains. You will work with internal teams to understand part usage, identify risks, and drive cost-effective actions while keeping stock turns healthy.

You will engage with engineering, repair services and supply chains across the UK and overseas to improve demand accuracy and financial performance.