Business Development Officer

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Job Summary

Job Description

Rolls-Royce is seeking a Business Development Officer to join their new Aerospace Procurement team. This role will focus on developing and delivering strategic plans for Aerospace (Civil and Defence), including early-stage implementation of strategic change. The Business Development Officer will support Make vs Buy decisions, own Integrated Commodity Strategies, and manage early phases of strategic projects. Responsibilities include capturing corporate and customer requirements, supporting the overall strategic plan, and enacting Make vs Buy and Do/Buy strategies to drive technology, supply-chain restructuring, and innovation. The role also involves developing and maintaining Integrated Commodity Strategies, supporting strategic projects, partner strategies, and ensuring cohesion between technology, sourcing, and aftermarket strategies. Additionally, the position requires competitive benchmarking and leading cross-functional activities.
Must have:
  • Company-wide outlook
  • Relationship management
  • Ability to communicate and influence senior levels
  • Engaging communication style
  • Adherence to company values
Good to have:
  • Experience in operations
  • Experience in strategy
  • Experience in services
  • Experience in commercial fields
  • Proven track record in ambiguous environments
Perks:
  • Excellent development opportunities
  • Competitive salary
  • Exceptional benefits
  • Bonus
  • Employee support assistance
  • Employee discounts

Job Details

Job Description

Business Development Officer

Full Time 

Derby/Hybrid

An opportunity to join a new team in Aerospace Procurement that will be responsible for development and delivery of the strategic plan and supporting strategies for Aerospace (Civil and Defence), including the early phase implementation of strategic change.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

The role will support Make vs Buy decisions across Civil and Defence, own Integrated Commodity Strategies and early phases of agreed strategic projects.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location.  It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.  As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing

The Business Development Officer will support the Business Development Executives and Managers to develop and deliver the strategic plan and supporting strategies for Aerospace.

  • Support the team to ensure corporate and customer requirements from Civil, Defence and others are fully captured and understood as part of strategy formation. 
  • Support the development, maintenance and communication for the overall strategic plan. 
  • Support delivery of the strategic leadership and vision across our portfolio of integrated commodity strategies and strategy processes. 
  • Enact our Make vs Buy and Do/Buy strategies, driving technology, supply-chain restructuring, capability acquisition and innovation across Operations and Civil Aerospace. 
  • Ensure the relevant Integrated Commodity Strategies within Civil and Defence are developed, maintained and communicated.  
  • Support the definition, recommendation and implementation of the strategic projects portfolio for Civil and Defence, Country procurement and Joint Operations Strategies
  • Support the definition, recommendation and implementation of Partner Strategies e.g. Risk & Revenue Sharing Partners
  • Ensure cohesion and alignment between technology, manufacturing sourcing and aftermarket strategies within Operations and as part of Civil and Defence strategy. 
  • Support special projects (e.g. M&A, Disposals, JV creation) as required. 
  • Maintain competitive benchmarking & analysis for Civil and Defence 
  • Lead cross functional activities across Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement and Aftermarket in delivering the relevant strategy. 

Who we’re looking for

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.

  • Company-wide outlook and exposure to different challenges, cultures and ways of working.                                        
  • Experience in operations, strategy, services or commercial desirable.                      
  • Proven track record of relationship management and delivery in ambiguous back-drops.      
  • Ability to communicate and influence at senior levels.                                
  • Proven communication style that engaging and works with people to secure the best outcomes. Lives up to our company values and behaviours every day.                

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

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

Closing date: 13th August

Job Category

Global Strategy & Business Development

Posting Date

24 Jul 2025; 00:07

Posting End Date

13 Aug 2025

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