Senior Strategic Buyer

Job Description

Senior Strategic Buyer

Full Time

Derby/Hybrid

Why Rolls-Royce?

Join our Rolls-Royce Business as a Senior Strategic Buyer.  In this dynamic role, you’ll be at the forefront of creating our procurement strategies, selecting top tier suppliers, negotiating optimal deals, finalising contracts, and managing the contracts to ensure a high performing supply chain which is vital to our business performance and overall success.

Rolls- Royce pioneers cutting- edge technologies to deliver clean, safe, and competitive solutions for our planet's power needs. We are proud contributors to the pathway to net zero powering society for generations to come.

Rolls Royce offers more than just a job, you'll be part of an inclusive culture that champions continuous learning and development, providing you with a wealth of experience and growth opportunities. 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. Beyond engine parts and aftermarket services, our procurement team acquires everything needed to run our company from IT services to catering, and we have opportunities in both our Aerospace Category Teams and Indirect Procurement Teams, with roles focusing on both strategic sourcing and strategic in-contract management.   As well as providing an opportunity to demonstrate your procurement skills such as negotiation, strategic sourcing and supplier management, 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.

We offer excellent career development competitive salaries and exceptional benefits including bonuses employee support and discounts. Understanding that your needs are as unique as you are, we encourage flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working ensuring that you can excel wherever and whenever you work. Take the next step in your career with Rolls Royce and help us pioneer the power that matters.

What you will be doing?

• Develop and lead sourcing activities from proposal to contract signature, to include negotiation, performing cost analysis by creating Total Cost or Acquisition/ Product Cost Lifecycle Models, and building business cases to select high performing supplier’s that meet the Rolls-Royce cost, quality, delivery, sustainability, management, and technology objectives.
• Lead contract management, including drafting, negotiating, and finalising agreements with suppliers to ensure compliance and optimise terms.
• Manage the process of Identifying, assessing, and mitigating commercial risks within the supply chain to ensure continuity and resilience.
• Working with the relevant functions and stakeholders to lead and contribute to building and maintaining category strategies within the designated category to draw value for Rolls-Royce, whilst keeping up to date with key market trends and technologies
• Experience of managing supplier relationships and in contract supplier management, including supplier performance management, leading cost reduction activities, and resolving commercial issues.

Who we are looking for:

Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll 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.

• A degree in a relevant field or CIPS qualification –with experience of working as a Senior Strategic Buyer in a regulated or complex industry demonstrating strong experience in strategic sourcing as well as managing supplier relationships and in-contract supplier management.  You will need to have an understanding of risk management and building a resilient supply chain
• Proven track record of successful negotiations, coupled with strong commercial and financial skills with an understanding of Total Cost of Acquisition/Product Cost Lifecycles and associated levers/analytics.
• Excellent communication, influencing, relationship management skills with focus on drawing value for the company.
• Passion to drive change and make a difference combined with ability to solve complex problems, demonstrating digital awareness and analytical capability
• Experience of reviewing and drafting contracts

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 team 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. 

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at  Our people | Rolls-Royce

Grade: SNBG 7-10

For further information please contact you Recruiter: Batinder Chana

Job Category

Procurement

Posting Date

17 Apr 2025; 00:04Posting End Date29 May 2025