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There has never been a more exciting time to be part of Procurement within Rolls-Royce as our recent transformation programme has positioned the function as a critical Business Capability, trusted to deliver against our ambitious performance and financial targets. Rolls-Royce is also embracing the future of procurement by developing a digitally enabled and literate organisation, alongside a focus on embedding sustainability into the way we operate both internally and across our supply chain.\nWhat you will be doing:\n Industrialisation: Managing supplier industrialisation plans and cross-category oversight in accordance with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), including development of the enterprise knowledge, skills, use of toolset (Net Inspect and Power BI) and compliance reporting. Providing Manufacturing Engineering expertise to assess supplier capability, manufacturing readiness and industrialisation risk.\nCollaboration: Proactively accessing internal and external networks of technical communities and functional teams including Procurement, Quality, Design, Project Engineering and suppliers, to ensure fulfilment and realisation of industrialisation and cost programmes.\nProduct Cost: Proactively supporting and driving technical product cost reduction activities to ensure Category and Aerospace Procurement aligned targets are met, including the engagement of key communities to support idea generation, programme execution, resourcing, funding and reporting.\nTechnology: Provide support to ensure the success of existing and future technology programmes within Procurement. Act as a key point of contact for internal category teams, assisting with troubleshooting and resolving technical challenges as they arise.\nTechnical: Ensuring technical barriers to industrialisation are identified, clearly communicated and supporting the direct resolution of issues through technical interventions.\nStrategy: Supporting, identifying and developing opportunities to deliver key business targets through existing strategies, e.g. Zero Defects quality programme, and support/development of new opportunities.\nPosition qualifications:\nAt Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles and for this role we are looking for someone with:\nAn engineering or other relevant discipline degree/HND/HNC and significant experience working in a Manufacturing Engineering role within a complex manufacturing environment.\nStrong supply chain, supplier-facing or Procurement Manufacturing Engineering experience, with demonstrable experience of working directly with suppliers to resolve manufacturing, industrialisation, quality and/or cost challenges.\nDemonstrable experience of supplier industrialisation and manufacturing readiness, ideally including APQP, PPAP and supplier capability assessment.\nStrong analytical skills and a proven record of using Manufacturing Engineering tools and techniques associated with industrialisation, technical problem solving and cost reduction.\nExperience of working across complex supply chains and influencing suppliers and internal stakeholders to deliver technical, quality, cost and delivery outcomes would be highly advantageous.\nExcellent organisational, communication and presentation skills and feel comfortable presenting to varied audiences.\nYou will be an enthusiastic candidate with a flexible attitude to work and a keen interest in learning and sharing knowledge.\nGood team working skills and ability to influence are essential.\nRegional Benefits:\nWork in a safety-first environment were doing the right thing and keeping it simple are core principles.\nJoin a culture that values making a real difference through your work.\nDevelop your career as a mid-career professional blending technical expertise with strong personal qualities.\nThrive in a role that encourages integrity, accountability, resilience, and curiosity.\nCollaborate and build relationships in a team-focused environment while also working independently.\nTake initiative, lead, and make smart decisions with confidence and support.\nGrow through continuous learning, openness to improvement, and exposure to challenging opportunities.\nPlease be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.\nThe professional level and the salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate.\nIt is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.\nOur vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. 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