Repair of Spares Planner

• Full-time, site-based
• This role involves a two-shift pattern, with rotation between morning and afternoon shifts. There is potential for weekend work.
• This will be an 18-month fixed-term contract.

What you will be doing

The Repair of Spares Planner will be accountable for developing and enacting a plan of all Non-Shop Visit (WID) activity requested of EOS, ensuring we deliver both our tactical and strategic items plans.

Engine Overhaul Services (EOS) in Derby is a rapidly growing and a vital part of the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Network, providing capacity for multiple Trent products, as well as being the 'Lead Shop' for Civil Large Engines. This Lead Shop status requires EOS to be the primary source of training and support for the global network, as well as being a hub for shop visit capability.

To meet the near-term increased load demands onto EOS, as well as the strategic capability aims of Aftermarket Operations, there is a requirement for 2 Repair of Spares Planners in the EOS business.

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.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the successful delivery of the Non-Shop Visit (WID) Plan for all activity requested of EOS (repair development, capability etc.) to cost, specification & time.
• Coordinating demand inputs from across Aftermarket to understand total demand.
• Work cross-functionally with Operations, Planning & Control, Quality and Engineering stakeholders to deliver the plan and support management and key stakeholders in decision making.
• Respond to changes to demand/supply and ensure robust commitment acceptance processes established for reprioritising.
• Coordinate delivery issues, reporting shortages and recovery programmes to meet the customer requirements. Manage the impact and escalate issues as required.
• Ensure stock in transit and receiving processes are all reconciled by working with relevant stakeholders, suppliers & third-party service providers.
• To ensure paperwork and information transfer in relation to all material movements is compliant with business and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate payment for activities is in place before work is started.
• Ensure any cost benefit is captured by working with the Cost manager.
• Work with the Quality and Manufacturing Engineering team to ensure all the technical specifications and documents are in line with capability, regulatory requirements etc. (i.e. Repair Instruction, Release back to service).
• Ensure continuous improvement of the Repair of Spares process to support the load increase.
• Be the primary interface and lead operational relationships with stakeholders and coordinate improvement activity associated with planning, delivery and lead time.
• Act as the focal point for all aspects related to your work with internal stakeholders and external partners.

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.

• Knowledge of a repair & capability environment and understanding of Part 145 regulations.
• Experience in ERP or Production Planning and Control systems (i.e. SAP).
• Manufacturing / Purchasing / Logistics and Engineering experience advantageous.
• Experience of influencing, driving and delivering cross-functional plans at pace.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, change orientated environment with competing priorities.
• Good interpersonal skills, team player within a small team and flexible with business demands.
• Good understanding of IT (i.e. Kanbanize, Microsoft package).
• APICS Accreditation desirable.

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