Operations Support Manager

Job Description

Operations Support Manager

Full Time

Derby/Hybrid – With frequent travel both domestically and internationally (80% of the time)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Aerospace Procurement Operations Support team as an Operations Support Manager, to resolve critical issues and mitigate risk in our Supply Chain. Using your creative approach, you will establish sustainable, long term supply chains, by improving Quality, Cost & Delivery, providing a competitive edge for Rolls-Royce, our customers, and suppliers.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most 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.

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

As an Operations Support Manager you will support engagements with the supply chain from the initial analytics week, through the engagement to exit and handover back to the Supplier Management Team. You will drive the identification, development and implementation of these robust supply chain processes and tools to prevent future risks of failure.

Reporting to the Head of Operations Support you will take responsibility for driving performance with supply chain. We are looking for an individual with a proven track record of operational excellence with exemplary communication and influencing skills.

Who we’re looking for

Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form our behaviours. They are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Tenacity, drive and flexibility are key attributes of all the leaders within the team along with an ability to build relationships and drive output.
• Strong team player, able to lead cross functional teams and drive sustainable change to meet quality and delivery improvements across the Supply Chain
• Able to work in challenging environments with experience of leading significant projects/activities across a range of improvement activities
• Experienced in operations (manufacturing), planning or supply chain management
• Effective problem solver, with knowledge and experience of using lean tools and techniques successfully to deliver improvements and create value

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: 30th July 2025