Business Development Manager

Derby, England, United Kingdom

7/24/2025

Job Description

Business Development Manager

Full Time

Derby/Bristol (3 days on-site per week)

An opportunity to join a new team in Aerospace Procurement that will be responsible for development and delivery of the strategic plan and supporting strategies for Aerospace (Civil and Defence), including the early phase implementation of strategic change. The role will support Make vs Buy decisions across Civil and Defence, own Integrated Commodity Strategies and early phases of agreed strategic projects.

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.

The role will report into the VP Business Development in the Partners organisation.

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

Support the VP and Business Development Executives to develop and deliver the strategic plan and supporting strategies for Aerospace.

• Ensure corporate and customer requirements from Civil, Defence and others are fully captured and understood as part of strategy formation. A key element of this is understand future programme requirements and developing strategies for industrialisation.
• Develop, maintain and communicate/gain approval for the overall strategic plan.
• Support delivery of the strategic leadership and vision across our portfolio of integrated commodity strategies and strategy processes.
• Develop our Make vs Buy strategies, driving technology, supply-chain restructuring, capability acquisition and innovation across Civil and Defence Aerospace.
• Ensure the relevant Integrated Commodity Strategies within Civil and Defence are developed, maintained and communicated. 
• Define, lead, recommend & implement the strategic projects portfolio for Civil and Defence.
• Ensure cohesion and alignment between technology, sourcing and aftermarket strategies within Manufacturing and Procurement and as part of Civil and Defence strategy.
• Lead or support special projects (e.g. M&A, Disposals, JV creation, new Partnerships) as required.
• Maintain competitive benchmarking & analysis for Civil and Defence
• Lead cross functional across Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement and Aftermarket in delivering the relevant strategy.
• People leadership and direction setting for Business Development Officers
  
  

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.

• Company-wide outlook and exposure to different challenges, cultures and ways of working.
• Experience in operations, strategy, services and commercial desirable.
• Proven track record of relationship management and deliver in ambiguous back-drops.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with proven track record of communication across all levels of the organisation
• Held leadership (or team leader) roles with a style that engaged and works with people to secure the best outcomes. Lives up to our company values and behaviours every day.
• Experience in global relationship management.
• Experience in strategy development and execution.
  
  

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

Closing date: 13th August

Job Category

Global Strategy & Business Development

Posting Date

24 Jul 2025; 00:07

Posting End Date

13 Aug 2025