VP Demand Planning

Rolls-Royce; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in aerospace solutions is seeking a VP Demand Planning to join their Aftermarket Operations team in Derby. This role involves leading the Sales, Inventory, and Operational Planning activities, collaborating with various stakeholders, and ensuring optimal demand and capacity management. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership experience and a proven track record in Planning & Control. This position offers flexibility with hybrid working arrangements and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Exceptional benefits

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Leadership credibility to influence at a senior level.
• Experience in a Planning & Control management role.
• Transformation leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Sales, Inventory and Operational Planning activity for Aftermarket Operations.
• Collaborate closely with supply and demand partners.
• Ensure demand and capacity risks are understood and forecasted.

Job description

Overview

VP Demand Planning — Full Time. Derby/Hybrid (3-4 days a week in the office).

We have an exciting opportunity for a VP Demand Planning to join our Aftermarket Operations team in Derby. With an expanding Overhaul Base Network and a flying fleet that requires our continued support, we are growing our Planning & Control (P&C) team in Aftermarket Operations within Civil Aerospace. Investing in our people is critical to our future success in Aftermarket P&C. We are responsible for managing the end to end supply and demand processes across our global Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Network and ensuring that our Engines return back to our customers as efficiently as possible. As our customer demand continues to increase, it’s an exciting time to join a growing, high-performing team, to enable Civil Aerospace Aftermarket Operations to deliver.

As the VP Demand Planning, reporting to the SVP, Planning & Control, you will be responsible for enabling the planning, integration and execution of our ambitious delivery plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Sales, Inventory and Operational Planning activity for Aftermarket Operations, including integration of complex demand and appropriate allocation of load into our network
• Collaborate closely with our supply and demand partners, internally and within our external Overhaul Base network to ensure clarity of capacity, lead time, constraints, growth and improvement plans.
• Ensure demand and capacity risks are understood and forecast the levels of activity required as mitigation through robust planning
• Confirm Engine Induction Planning is optimized to meet customer and Rolls-Royce requirements
• Be a key part of our planning and control organisation that facilitates excellence in customer delivery at optimal levels of working capital and functional/operational costs.
• Sustain an environment to successfully engage our teams, accelerate our competency development progress and deliver world class results.

We pioneer cutting-edge technologies that deliver clean, safe and competitive solutions to meet our planet’s vital power needs. We’re ready for our future. We’re proud to be part of the pathway to net zero as we power society for generations to come.

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into an inclusive culture, one that invests in your continuous learning and development, and gives you access to a wide breadth and depth of experience.

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

Your needs are as unique as you are. We encourage flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working wherever possible, so you can always be at your best - wherever and whenever you work.

Who we are looking for

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference in everything that 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. The following attributes are further specific requirements for the role:

• Leadership credibility to influence at a senior level
• A collaborative approach that can successfully pull together multi-functional teams across a large organisation and deliver results
• An analytical approach that can quickly diagnose issues and propose appropriate recovery actions
• Can work in an operational environment and deliver operational excellence
• The ability to distil data to provide concise management information and reporting
• Experience of delivering performance through your direct team
• Transformation leadership experience
• Experience in a Planning & Control management role

Join us & Make an impact

Pioneers of Power

Inclusion and Application

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. We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at careers.rolls-royce.com

Closing date: 29th September 2025

Job Category: Supply Chain Planning & Control

Posting Date: 15 Sept 2025; 00:09

Posting End Date: 29 Sept 2025