Job Description Job Title: Planning & Control Manager Working location: Derby Working Pattern: Full time What you will be doing In the Planning & Control Manager role, you will have an opportunity to drive an integrated Planning & Control functional plan for the Business Unit, leading all Planning & Control activities across the product lifecycle for the business including demand cascade, inventory planning, resource planning; rates through gates, work in progress and delivery control; understanding lead time and losses and driving improvement to deliver for our customers. Responsibilities Ensure demand and capacity balance across the Business to ensure customer on time delivery with optimal inventory and drive the business delivery plans and governance to ensure launch & output plans are robust and met. Lead the business process on confirming launch/WIP control, rates through gates, enablers/risks contributing to the Weekly Operations Review. Within the S&OP process you will consider short term (output robustness / brick adherence plans), medium term (monthly/quarterly performance) and long term (strategic growth, NPI and rate increase). Preparation, interpretation and scenario modelling of the relevant business S&OP plan for evaluation by the PTF leadership team Manage the inventory planning and control process across the business, ensuring business area WIP and inventory are managed to budget. Develop, coach and lead the Planning & Control team members ensuring positive engagement, improvement and professional delivery of responsibilities. Be an active member of team of 4 leadership for the business, voice of the customer and conscience of the business in terms of decision making, integrating across the 4 Large Engine businesses to deliver the best outcome for our customers. Work with the customer team to support information sharing and working together with Airbus and Boeing through regular governance with on site teams. 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. Your needs are as unique as you are. 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. Who we’re looking for Strong leadership skills with demonstrable commitment to improving people engagement Experience with Planning & Control methodologies such as 4-weekly planning, Sales and Operations Planning and load and capacity planning Proven track record of delivering operational performance through effective planning in both favourable and unfavourable conditions Experience in delivering transformation and change programmes using lean / process improvement Depth of knowledge and experience in improving Planning processes and outputs Excellent influencing and communication skills Held P&C roles demonstrating breadth of experience including working across multi-functional teams Strong people leader skills 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 salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate. This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role. We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade. 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: 23nd September For further information, please contact: Adam Whalley - Adam.Whalley2@Rolls-Royce.com Job Category Supply Chain Planning & Control Posting Date 08 Sept 2025; 00:09 Posting End Date 22 Sept 2025