Planning & Control Manager - Derby UK Regional

Planning & Control Manager – UK Regional

Full time

Derby

What you will be doing

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Rolls-Royce Derby Teams as Planning & Control Manager. You’ll lead the Planning & Control activities across the product lifecycle for the domestic manufacturing supply chain that enable inventory and logistics costs to be optimised for Rolls Royce and to ensure delivery performance expectations are achieved.

You’ll also be the lead for the deployment and development of planning and control capability within their team.

Responsibilities:

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to: 

• Deliver Performance - Utilising the R-R Production System, lead the P&C team to ensure that performance is understood with action plans to close gaps. Key metrics include on-time in full (OTIF), Arrears, Inventory, ERP Compliance and Customer KPIs.

• Manage the Plant response to Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning process (SIOP) - Utilise rough cut planning techniques to provide indicative responses and a full load vs. capacity plan to support Customer and Business Financial plans.

• Lead Plant planning & scheduling activity – own the 4-weekly Manufacturing Planning process to create a cohesive set of balanced plans. Ensure the agreed Production schedule is maintained in our Executive system (SAP) and deployed throughout the Manufacturing Plant.

• Deliver the future Rate readiness plan – play a critical part in ensuring the Plant has a plan for future Production volumes and executes flawlessly.

• Accountable for inventory budget and forecast - Ensure that Inventory and Slow-Moving WIP plans are delivered and reflect year-on-year improvement in stock turns.

• Manage Planning & Control related change for the Plant commodities - Provide input into the commodity strategy and make/buy decisions, helping shape the 'blueprint' for our supply chain.

• Develop, manage and control logistics processes - Responsible for adherence to Logistics budget, compliance to standards and managing Logistics Partners’ local operational relationship.

• Develop, coach and lead the P&C team members - Manage a team of P&C staff, balancing resources across team accountabilities. Ensure the correct Functional & Behavioural competencies are in place with training plans to close gaps.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

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

Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location.  It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.  As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, frequency will depend on business needs, nature of role, what works for the team and for the individual. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.

Who we’re looking for

Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference.  These principles form our behaviours. They are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Leadership and management of key planning and control disciplines.

• Management of significant programmes/projects.

• Operational management of engineering, manufacturing, purchasing and/or planning and control.

• Leadership and management of people.

• Leadership of significant organisation or technical change.

• Management of stakeholder (e.g. customer, supplier) interfaces at a senior level.

• Operating in a matrix organisation and the management of conflicting priorities.

• Leading in challenging environments - including diverse cultures and high pressure or complex situations.

Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business.

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.

The professional level and the salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.

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.

Learn more about our global Inclusion Strategy

Grade: Level C

Closing Date: 20th June 2025

People Leader: James Ord

For further information please contact: Batinder Chana