Procurement Commodity Manager

Senior Procurement Category Manager

Join our Rolls‑Royce Business as a Senior Procurement Category Manager. In this role, you will lead a team within the Raw Materials and Special Processes category to develop and implement global strategies, fostering strong relationships to enhance and improve Cost Quality and Delivery across Procurement. Your creative approach will establish sustainable, long‑term supply chains, providing a competitive edge for Rolls‑Royce, our customers, and suppliers.

You will create and deploy integrated commodity/category strategies, and associated strategic sourcing and commercial activities, which includes ensuring adequate levels of contractual coverage, mitigation of commercial risk, optimizing commercial advantage, providing security of supply, and acceptable levels of liability. You will manage strategic senior level relationships, creating value and competitive advantage, while coaching and mentoring your team to strengthen sourcing capabilities.

This position is crucial for sourcing components for all our products and services to support our Business, with key challenges including supplier consolidation and cost savings.

• Lead complex negotiations through planning, performing cost analysis by creating total cost or acquisition/product cost lifecycle models, drafting of contracts and creating business cases to maximize the value proposition across all major categories.
• Be responsible for developing, deploying, and maintaining relevant integrated commodity/category supplier strategies that have a clear vision and a strategic framework for the designated supply chain(s) which requires understanding of the commodity landscape, associated risks, and ability to conduct long‑term planning.
• Manage the identification, assessment, and mitigation of commercial risks within the supply chain to ensure continuity and resilience.
• Manage, develop & lead a team to excel in their strategic tasks by fostering skill development and achieving superior outcomes for the business.

Work with us and we'll 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.

At Rolls‑Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• A degree at BA level and/or CIPs qualifications, coupled with experience of working in Direct and/or Indirect Procurement and proven leadership at this level in a regulated or complex industry.
• Strong commercial and financial skills demonstrated through a proven track record of successful negotiations at a senior level that show negotiation excellence through the ability to influence, think strategically, and problem‑solving to deliver business value.
• Understanding of Total Cost of Acquisition/Product Cost Life cycles and associated levers/analytics, contract drafting and implementation, and category strategy development.
• Strong experience in strategic sourcing as well as managing supplier relationships and in‑contract supplier management.
• Passion to drive change and make a difference combined with ability to solve complex problems.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. 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 at the grades shown. This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role.

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. We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade. Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.