Service Parts Planner
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Service Parts Planner
Full time
Derby
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic self-motivated individual to join the Trent 1000 and 7000 Sales & Operations Planning team as a Service Parts Planner.This role offers an exciting opportunity to be part of a team accountable for forecasting over 500m of parts demand every year.
The successful candidate will carry out the parts planning forecasting and inventory management activities required to support a wide range of customer overhaul repair and distribution networks. Other key activities include working closely with external and internal stakeholders (used material / supply chain) to understand part policies/ usage developing new approaches and recommendations to improve financial performance and demand accuracy. Whilst maintaining an operational focus on emerging risk to MRO overhaul activities.
The successful candidate will be comfortable in working across multi-functional teams obtaining and challenging information to determine root causes making decisions through risk-based analysis to ensure cost-effective corrective solutions are put in place and taking ownership to drive investigations and actions to conclusion. including Engineering Engine Clearance Repair Services and Supply Chains based in the UK and overseas.
Responsibilities:
In this role you will Evaluate SIOP demand/ supply plans to identify customer or financial risk and manage resolution of any issues as well as:
- Work with customers to maintain forecasts for all in service requirements ensuring variances to forecast are investigated and quality of demand accuracy and inventory is improved.
- Plan manage report and drive inventory by Analysing trends to produce recommendations that improves/manages Inventory and Stock turn objectives.
- Liaise with various disciplines across the Project Team to develop an accurate understanding of the Fleet Operational Plan and other parts usage drivers including campaign and cost management activity.
- Lead & support development of active used material management processes and policies in support of customer MRO activities.
- Identify and evaluate causes of variability impact of policy changes financial considerations and risk mitigation strategies which affect demand accuracy.
- Apply through-life policies to generate gross asset (component) forecast and stock requirements for new used and repair supply chains.
- Maintain the appropriate understanding of the current performance of the new parts and repair supply chains to enable appropriate and early recommendations to manage risks.
- Support product change governance including attendance at PCB PTM and Repair Executive Reviews.
- Support process improvement through Community of Practice.
Why Rolls-Royce
Work with us and well 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. Its a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum were all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons on average three days per week. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.
For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of job share flexible start and finish times or compressed hours. Wed be happy to discuss flexibility and explore whats possible for the role
Who were looking for:
Being a part of Rolls-Royce youll know we embrace agility are bold pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything 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.
To be successful in this role you will need to meet the following criteria:
- Strong Data analysis and decision-making skills.
- IT proficiency including good working knowledge of SAP MRP/Sales & Distribution & excel.
- Understanding of Inventory principles planning and managing.
- Understanding of forecasting & demand management principles.
- Programme management experience in support of development & execution of strategies and new concepts.
- Experience of MRO/used material supply chains including Reduce To Produce (RTP)
- Experience of Supply Chain and Manufacturing.
- As part of this role the successful candidate will interface with a wide range of disciplines and be confident in acting as Rolls-Royce Planning & Control advocate with internal and external customers. These include Wholly-Owned Joint Venture and Independent Overhaul Shops Airlines Services Business & Delivery.
- Have or be working towards professional APICS membership would be advantageous
- Awareness of Services including overhaul or repair activities would be an advantage.
- Programme management skills and experience at developing & defining new processes & methodologies.
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 but is anticipated to be SNBG 7 - 10.
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. Were 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 well be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.
You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here.
Grade: SNBG 7 - 10
Closing Date: Midnight 11th August 2025
For further information please contact: Jamie Hadden
Recruiter: Andy Walsh
Job Category
Supply Chain Planning & ControlPosting Date
29 Jul 2025; 00:07Posting End Date
11 Aug 2025Employment Type
Full-Time
