Job Description

Job Title: Project Controller/Project Lead – Aerospace Procurement

Working Pattern : Full Time

Working location: i.e. Bristol/Derby/Hybrid

In Aerospace Procurement we are bring together Strategic Procurement and Supplier Management teams into a single organisation for our Civil Aerospace and Defence businesses. Together we are investing in and developing our rules, tools and processes to deliver world-class performance and Procurement and Supply Chain Excellence.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Controller / Project Lead to play an important role in supporting our digital transformation of the Portfolio office.

This role will be responsible for the control of project performance status and insights across a broad project portfolio of Defence, Civil, Product Introduction and Supply Chain projects, using a digital toolset, including BusinessMap (Kanbanize) and Power BI.

This role will assist the Portfolio executive team in ensuring customer issues are identified, prioritised, and addressed across a broad range of ship classes and equipment types.

In this Project Controller / Project Lead role you will develop a digital toolset to assist the Aerospace Procurement Portfolio executive team in ensuring clear and transparent identification of customer issues to enable prioritisation and action planning to optimise the portfolio outcomes.

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.

The role will be within the Aerospace Procurement Portfolio Team, supporting the Procurement categories with standardised rules, tools and reports to deliver Transfers, Reactivations and Product Introduction packages on time and within budget.

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 give the successful candidate a broad understanding of the Aerospace Procurement organisation, as well as exposure to the Defence and Civil Aerospace organisations. It will also provide an opportunity to further develop the individual’s Programme Management and Digital capabilities within a varied and fast moving environment.

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

Develop and maintain project workflow management toolsets for the portfolio, using BusinessMap (Kanbanize).Develop and maintain project performance visualisations and reporting dashboards, using PowerBI.Report the status of projects / project portfolios in accordance with the requirements of the portfolio office.Manage and report portfolio insights, such as baseline variance and hazards to critical success factors by maintaining live project Key Performance Indicators.Review project data, identify and report trends, highlight anomalies and propose corrective action if performance is outside specification.Ensure effective controls are implemented in accordance with the company management procedures to achieve the portfolio objectives.Accurate reporting to relevant stakeholders.Facilitated and manage risk and opportunity activities.

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.

Key Experience and Qualifications:

Degree level qualification preferable or equivalent industry experience.Member of a professional body and working towards a APMP qualification or equivalent.At least 1 year experience in a relevant discipline, preferably on project work.Working towards APMP / PMI qualification or equivalent (or assessed as possessing equivalent knowledge / experience to the same standard).Experience in the development and / or implementation of project management processes and lifecycle, and a good knowledge of project control processes.

Preferred Requirements:

Experience in Supply Chain Management or Procurement working environment.Demonstrated capability with program management tools such as MS Project or P6.Demonstrated capability with digital workflow management and visualisation toos such as BusinessMap (Kanbanize) and PowerBI.

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

Job Category

Project Management

Posting Date

07 Feb 2025; 00:02

Posting End Date

23 Feb 2025