Senior Planning & Control Manager - RM&SP

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Planning & Control Manager - RM&SP

Working Pattern: Hybrid (3 office days a week)

Working Location: Indianapolis, IN

Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable.

Why Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you’ll have the opportunity to create world-class power and propulsion solutions, pushing your problem-solving and ingenuity, to deliver real impact that puts safety first.

You’ll be given responsibility and the opportunity to grow in our high-performance culture. This is Infinite Potential. And it’s your chance to really shine and contribute to one of the world’s most recognized brands and a beacon for engineering excellence.

Position Summary:

The Senior Planning & Control Manager works within P&SC Planning & Control and applies the Aerospace Procurement planning framework at category level, integrating planning across multiple suppliers, commodities, constraints and risks. The role creates one forward-looking view of supplier capacity, material availability, inventory, delivery performance and recovery and provides the category external-supply position into the integrated process led by the Head of Planning. The role provides dotted-line functional leadership, assurance and active coaching and development for Planning & Control Managers. It balances category-level capacity, inventory, recovery and financial trade-offs and owns planning quality, routines and insight for the category. Contract Delivery & Operations (CD&O) and its Supplier Management Teams retain accountability for supplier execution and delivery outcomes.

What you will be doing:

• Leads category Planning & Control — setting functional expectations for dotted-line Planning & Control Managers and assuring the quality and consistency of their work.
• Coaches Planning & Control Managers — developing judgement, capability and consistent application of the Aerospace Procurement planning framework across suppliers and teams.
• Owns category external-supply inputs to Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) and Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE) aligning priorities, resources and recommendations across multiple suppliers and risks.
• Leads category rate-readiness assessment — integrating supplier capacity, materials, inventory, lead times and recovery into a clear recommendation.
• Creates the category risk, recovery and trade-off view — balancing capacity, inventory, cash, cost and risk and making constraints and recovery confidence visible for timely action or escalation.
• Assures planning insight used in supplier reviews — strengthening decision quality while CD&O retains supplier-execution accountability.
• Integrates cross-functional priorities — connecting Procurement, CD&O, Engineering, Quality and Finance with credible supplier plans.
• Embeds common ways of working — driving consistent processes and reliable data, building the discipline and confidence needed to adopt digital, analytics and artificial intelligence-enabled planning tools, and coaching Planning & Control teams to use them effectively in day-to-day insight, decisions and performance.

Basic Requirements:

• Associate degree with 10+ years of supply chain or operations experience, OR
• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of supply chain or operations experience, OR
• Master’s degree with 6+ years of supply chain or operations experience, OR
• JD/PhD in with 3+ years of supply chain or operations experience, OR
• 12+ years of supply chain or operations experience in lieu of a degree
• In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident

Preferred Requirements:

• Significant external-supply Planning & Control, procurement or supply-chain operations experience.
• Strong knowledge of Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning, Sales and Operations Execution, capacity planning, inventory, Material Requirements Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning and supplier recovery.
• Experience leading in a matrix organisation and improving planning quality and performance across complex supplier and category environments.
• Strong analytical, communication and influencing skills with sound commercial and operational judgement.

Our vision is to ensure that the quality and dynamism that shaped our history continues into our future. It’s a bold pursuit, and we never stop striving to go further, faster, and better. We lead progress, creating the technologies that move us forward. If you’re driven to grow, to learn, and to make a lasting difference, this is where you belong.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics. We are committed to providing a respectful and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued and everyone can thrive.

Infinite Potential

Closing date: November 17, 2026

Job Category

Procurement

Job Posting Date

03 Nov 2026; 00:11

Pay Range

Pay ranges for remote employees are based on the state where the employee resides and may vary from the posted range.

-Annually

Location:

Indianapolis, IN

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.