Planning & Control Manager
Location: Flexible (Warrington, Derby, or Manchester with hybrid working)
Salary: £71,000 – £93,187 + £5,000 allowance + 17% bonus
Our mission is to deliver clean, affordable energy for all. Rolls‑Royce SMR provides a British solution to a global energy challenge, leading the way in Small Modular Reactor technology and shaping the UK’s premier green export opportunity. The Operations & Supply Chain function plays a key role in enabling programme delivery through robust, integrated planning. The Planning capability ensures alignment between demand, supply, inventory and financial performance across the business.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and deployment of the SIOP process across the organisation.
- Integrate demand, supply, inventory and financial planning into a single, aligned framework.
- Drive cross-functional planning processes to ensure alignment across the business.
- Develop forecasts, demand plans and scenario modelling to support decision‑making.
- Assess supply chain capacity and constraints against programme requirements.
- Provide insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders to support strategic decisions.
- Ensure governance, processes and systems for planning are defined and maintained.
- Coordinate planning cycles and communicate outputs across internal and external stakeholders.
- Drive continuous improvement and best practice within planning and control.
Qualifications
- Strong experience in planning, SIOP or integrated business planning environments.
- Deep understanding of supply chain planning, demand forecasting and inventory management.
- Experience in capacity planning and scenario modelling.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving capability.
- Ability to operate effectively in a complex, matrix organisation.
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders and driving decision‑making.
- Knowledge of ERP systems and planning tools.
- Experience in manufacturing, infrastructure, energy or complex project environments desirable.
Location & Ways of Working
This role can be based from our Derby, Manchester or Warrington offices, with hybrid working and cross‑functional collaboration.
Benefits
The salary for this role ranges from £75,437 to £93,187, dependent on the skills, experience and value you bring. The remaining benefits include:
- Bonus: Up to 17% (performance related)
- Personal Benefits Allowance: £5,000
- Pension: 12% employer / 6% employee
- Holidays: 28 days + public holidays (option to buy/sell up to 4 days)
- Private Medical Insurance: BUPA
- Life Assurance: 6× pensionable pay
- Home Office Support: £250 one‑off payment for new starters
Application Process
Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening:
- Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance
- Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
- Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check
Equal Opportunity & Inclusion
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Inclusivity is important to us, and as a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
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