Job Description
Purpose of the Role
Sales Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) is critical to high-performing organisations, enabling a coordinated and streamlined end-to-end (E2E) supply and demand process. SIOP is pivotal in ensuring operational excellence across demand planning, parts production and supply, load balancing, warehouse storage and logistics to support engine build and aftermarket requirements across a complex matrix organisation.
Rolls-Royce is undertaking a multi-year transformation program to revolutionize its SIOP process, enhancing transparency, agility, and decision-making. The transformation aims to deliver connected, live data insights for executive leadership, driving optimized operational and financial outcomes.
We are seeking an experienced Finance Professional to support the SIOP transformation for a 12- 18 month secondment to bolster the leadership team at a critical and exciting time in the program.
Key Responsibilities
SIOP Transformation
- Shape and drive the planning transformation journey to enhance operational and financial outcomes.
- Support the team to implement and optimize new processes and tools, such as scenario modelling capability that require robust and assured financial assumptions and controls to support the evolving SIOP framework.
- Manage and maintain the SIOP investment case, ensuring appropriate performance management of approved investment and readiness for future Group IC updates in H2 2025.
SIOP Cycle Execution
- Support the execution of recurring SIOP planning activities, ensuring robust financial assessments are made, with clear standard management information to support decision-making and optimization of resources.
Stakeholder Management
- An integrated leader in the SIOP team, a trusted partner to help influence and drive decisions, be the interface into the broader finance function
- Ensure alignment of SIOP, business and financial timelines across the Group to support the multiple forecasting cycles
- Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships with Central Planning, Procurement, Aftermarket, Value Streams, and Manufacturing Units
Key Skills and Qualifications Required
Qualifications & Technical skills:
- Finance qualification or demonstrated high level of financial and business acumen
- Experience of SIOP processes, ideally in manufacturing industries with full value stream awareness and understanding
- Awareness of planning tools within ERP systems (e.g., MRP) and Advanced Planning Systems would be helpful but not essential
- Scenario planning / modelling capability / experience would be helpful but not essential
- Strong capability to interpret and generate insights from diverse data systems and sources.
People & Leadership skills:
- Demonstrated leadership presence with the ability to influence in a matrix organization
- Being able to distil complex messages and communicate with impact
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to quickly foster cross-functional collaboration
- Proven ability to guide stakeholders and drive decisions
Level B
Hiring Manager - Michelle Raybould
Job Category
Finance
Posting Date
27 Mar 2025; 00:03Posting End Date08 Apr 2025
Top Skills
What We Do
Delivering power and propulsion solutions in the air, at sea and on land.
