Production Planner - Submarines

Job Description

Job Title: Production Planner

Working Pattern: 37 hours days

Working location: Derby Raynesway

We have an exciting role to join our Submarines business as a Production Planner working within the New Build and Component teams. Our nuclear business is a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority, managing all aspects of plant design, safety, manufacture, performance, and through-life support.

Working within the Large Vessels control account team you will be wholly responsible for your defined portfolio of products & components (parts / items). You will drive on time delivery through effective planning whilst maintaining ERP and supporting systems. Working within an operational team you will identify, prioritize, mitigate, and resolve delivery issues within manufacturing and supply chain that may impact the customer. You will maintain the SAP planning system with relevant current data and information, whilst ensuring that any inventory is optimized. You are governed by the relevant company polices and processes.

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:

With this exciting opportunity your main responsibilities will include:

• Ensure the manufacturing program requirements are clearly communicated thru the daily reviews and escalation is robustly followed.
• Ensure the SAP planning system is maintained with robust & credible data that creates suitable supply elements that support the delivery of the customers’ demands/ requirements.
• To work with the Heads of Planning (or equivalent, e.g. Master Schedulers) and schedulers to ensure that robust answers/solutions are given to any deviations from the manufacturing program.
• To have an appreciation of typical build structures of all parts in your portfolio and applicable associated Bills Of Materials (BOM's)  
• Accountable for ERP compliance processes thereby ensuring robustness of plans by maintaining 13 week planning cycle within SAP.
• Key member of the IPT working with Design, Producibility and Project team members to identify any program constraints and risks with in the manufacturing schedules. 

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.

To be successful in this role you will need to meet the following criteria:

• Demonstrated ability to communicate with all levels of the business.
• Understanding of different roles / functions / processes (e.g. Manufacturing, Producibility, Design, Quality, Projects etc.).
• Experience of production planning and associated control processes is desirable but not essential. 
• Working knowledge and experience of production or supply chain planning desirable but not essential. 
• MS Office or equivalent working skills desirable but not essential. 
• Previous planning and SAP knowledge not essential as training will be given, this is an exciting opportunity to gain valuable experience within a control account team environment.

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.

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

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance.  Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place.  Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

Closing Date: 26.6.25

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