Senior Planning & Control Manager - RM&SP

Rolls-Royce • Indianapolis, IN

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Planning & Control Manager works within P&SC Planning & Control, applying the Aerospace Procurement planning framework at category level. The role integrates planning across suppliers, commodities, constraints, and risks to create a forward-looking view of supplier capacity, material availability, inventory, delivery performance, and recovery. It provides the category external-supply position to the integrated process led by the Head of Planning.

The position provides dotted-line functional leadership, assurance, coaching, and development for Planning & Control Managers. It balances category-level capacity, inventory, recovery, and financial trade-offs and owns planning quality, routines, and insight for the category. Contract Delivery & Operations (CD&O) and its Supplier Management Teams retain accountability for supplier execution and delivery outcomes.

This is a hybrid role based in Indianapolis, Indiana, with three office days per week. Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents.

Requirements

• Associate degree and 10 or more years of supply chain or operations experience; or bachelor's degree and 8 or more years; or master's degree and 6 or more years; or JD/PhD and 3 or more years; or 12 or more years of supply chain or operations experience in lieu of a degree.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident.

Nice To Haves

• Significant external-supply Planning & Control, procurement, or supply-chain operations experience.
• Strong knowledge of Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning, Sales and Operations Execution, capacity planning, inventory, Material Requirements Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning, and supplier recovery.
• Experience leading in a matrix organisation and improving planning quality and performance across complex supplier and category environments.
• Strong analytical, communication, and influencing skills, with sound commercial and operational judgement.

Responsibilities

• Set functional expectations for dotted-line Planning & Control Managers and assure the quality and consistency of their work.
• Coach Planning & Control Managers, developing their judgement and capability and promoting consistent use of the Aerospace Procurement planning framework across suppliers and teams.
• Own category external-supply inputs to Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) and Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE), aligning priorities, resources, and recommendations across multiple suppliers and risks.
• Lead category rate-readiness assessments by integrating supplier capacity, materials, inventory, lead times, and recovery into a clear recommendation.
• Create the category risk, recovery, and trade-off view, balancing capacity, inventory, cash, cost, and risk, and making constraints and recovery confidence visible for timely action or escalation.
• Assure the planning insight used in supplier reviews to strengthen decision quality, while CD&O retains supplier-execution accountability.
• Integrate cross-functional priorities by connecting Procurement, CD&O, Engineering, Quality, and Finance with credible supplier plans.
• Embed common ways of working by driving consistent processes and reliable data, supporting adoption of digital, analytics, and AI-enabled planning tools, and coaching Planning & Control teams to use them effectively in day-to-day insight, decisions, and performance.

Benefits

• Base pay and discretionary bonus plan.
• Health, dental, vision, disability, life, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance may be available to eligible employees.
• Flexible spending account and health savings account may be available to eligible employees.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Paid Time Off and certain paid holidays.
• Paid parental and family care leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Long-term incentive plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree