Join Rolls-Royce as a Senior Supplier Relationship Manager in Derby on a full-time, hybrid basis (3 days per week on-site). You will own strategic supplier relationships, driving cost, cash, technology, innovation, and risk management initiatives.
Requirements
Extensive leadership experience in strategic supplier relationships, key-account management, procurement, or commercial roles within a complex global organisation.
Passionate about creating long-term supplier value across cost, cash, technology, innovation, capacity, and risk.
Strong commercial judgement and executive relationship skills.
No specific degree or minimum years of experience stated.
Skills & Responsibilities
Strategic Management: Lead executive engagement, strategic negotiations, and issue resolution to build executive partnerships.
Risk & Opportunity Tracking: Unlock opportunities across cost, cash, technology, innovation, capacity, and partnership while mitigating financial, geopolitical, and technology risks.
Account Strategy: Own the supplier account strategy by connecting demand, capacity, and resilience with shared priorities and measurable outcomes.
Potential transition routes: People from Key Account Manager, Commercial Director, or Procurement Manager roles may bring strong negotiation and supplier management skills, alongside meeting the required executive relationship and commercial judgement criteria.
Job description
Job Description
Senior Supplier Relationship Opportunities
Full Time/ Hybrid (3 days per week on site)
Derby
Why join Rolls-Royce?
At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.
By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.
You will be passionate about shaping strategic supplier partnerships that create lasting value. We’re building a talent pipeline for future VP Supplier Relationship opportunities.
You’ll own the strategic relationship with an allocated supplier, connecting cost, cash, technology, innovation, capacity, performance and risk in one account strategy. You’ll build executive partnerships and mobilise cross-functional expertise to turn shared priorities into measurable outcomes.
What you will be doing:
In the Senior Supplier Relationship role, you will own the supplier account strategy, setting clear relationship objectives, value priorities and measures of success.
Lead executive engagement, strategic negotiations and issue resolution,
Unlock and track opportunities across cost, cash, technology, innovation, capacity and partnership.
Connect demand, capacity and resilience with financial, geopolitical and technology risks, ensuring clear ownership of mitigation.
Preferred requirements:
Extensive leadership experience in strategic supplier relationships, key-account management, procurement or commercial roles within a complex global organisation.
Passionate about creating long-term supplier value across cost, cash, technology, innovation, capacity and risk.
Strong commercial judgement and executive relationship skills, translating complex opportunities and risks into clear strategy and outcomes.
Regional benefits:
Generous Annual Leave
Retirement Savings through the Rolls-Royce Retirement Savings Trust
Group Life Assurance provides for a lump sum benefit if you die whilst employed by Rolls-Royce
Group Income Protection provides an income in the event that you are unable to work due to illness or injury
Your Shares: Matched is a simple way to own Rolls-Royce shares and invest in our future, together. Buy one share, get one free!
Our 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.
As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.
