Ref: 384
Department: Supply Chain
Location: Derby, Manchester, Warrington
Employment type: Full-time
Salary: £57,600 - £75,600
Closing date: 25/07/2025
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Role Title: Procurement Manager – Process & Governance
We anticipate paying a salary from £57,600 - £75,600 DOE
Location: Derby, Manchester OR Warrington offices - Hybrid working flexibility
We are Rolls-Royce SMR and we’re doing something that’s never been done before. We’re revolutionising an industry. That’s a once-in-a-career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy.
Rolls Royce SMR is a bold and ambitious company with a highly skilled workforce that operates at pace to maintain competitive advantage and to succeed on our vision to deliver affordable energy for all.
Role Purpose:
As the Procurement Manager for process and governance, you will be working closely with interfacing functions that are accountable for developing the Procurement & Supply Chain processes, procedures and supporting documents, conducting first level assurance activity against regulatory, customer, business and other requirements to ensure compliance. Responsible for operating the management control and reporting system within the Procurement & Supply Chain function to ensure the governance framework is operated efficiently and effectively across the function.
Key responsibilities:
- Maintaining zero non-conformances and opportunity for improvements with external auditors
- Clearly defined Processes & Governance structure that supports delivery of our legal and regulatory obligations through alignment with supplier quality and development teams
- Alignment of processes to system capability current and future
- Development of external supply chain insights and analysis reporting to provide intelligence to the Procurement & Supply Chain teams to enable actionable informed decision making
- Maturing of the Procurement & Supply Chain performance reporting suite that supports intelligent customer and operational delivery
- Full integration of Supply Chain ESG and Resilience requirements into processes and procedures
- Mentoring and leadership of two direct reports
Experience Required:
Procurement & Supply Chain Process Governance & Assurance Specialist
- Ability to develop, manage and administer the process governance and assurance framework within a Procurement & Supply Chain function.
- Ensures that appropriate training material is developed, delivered and maintained to assure that sufficient knowledge and understanding of all Procurement & Supply Chain processes, procedures and supporting documents, are fully understood by existing colleagues and new starters.
- Ability to act as the lead contact for internal and external audit activities. Able to act as the owner/coordinator of post audit improvement plans against business process
- Good knowledge and understanding of ISO standards such as ISO9001, ISO27001, ISO19443, ISO45001, ISO14001 and understanding of Public sector Procurement requirements.
Procurement & Supply Chain Process Improvement and Optimisation
- Leading and implementing change to processes in a structured and controlled manner within the Procurement & Supply Chain function, and acting as process lead change agent for integrating processes owned by other functional areas.
- Ability to continuously improve existing Procurement & Supply Chain processes, and where appropriate introduce new processes to meet regulatory, customer and business needs through process standardisation, automation and benchmarking against global best practice.
- Working collaboratively with peers ensures the integration of Supply Chain ESG and Resilience requirements into processes, procedures and supporting documents, with appropriate training and guidance materials developed and provided to the Procurement & Supply Chain teams.
Procurement & Supply Chain Functional Governance
- Operating or working within a governance framework inside a highly regulated environment that oversees the coordination of multiple requirements, projects and conflicting demands.
- Ability to understand governance within Procurement & Supply Chain, how it works in relation to the business governance framework other organisational governance structures.
- Able to develop, embed and continually improve the management control and reporting system within the Procurement & Supply Chain function through ensuring engagement with managers at all levels operate to a governance standard diary to facilitate timely reporting and decision making.
- Ensures that the Procurement & Supply Chain function governance structure aligns with the overall strategic goals and objectives of the business and has appropriate risk management controls in place to minimise potential impact to Rolls-Royce SMR.
Procurement & Supply Chain Reporting & Data Analysis
- Management and control of data acquisition, manipulation and dissemination of Procurement & Supply Chain information utilising digital tools or applications.
- Utilising the appropriate tools and applications can critically assess the information used by the Procurement & Supply Chain function to provide intelligent value-added insights and is able to identify and suggest actions to mitigate risks.
- Proven ability to ensure the delivery and preparation of business reports for internal and external stakeholders to a high standard of maturity and reliability that will support key business strategy and decisions.
- Leveraging systems and technology is able to develop and manage internal and external performance measurement frameworks, dashboards and scorecards.
Stakeholder Management
- Leading delivery of projects with cross functional stakeholders and multiple reporting lines to achieve desired outcomes.
- Ability to assess and manage stakeholder expectations through a controlled and value adding process. Develop and implement approaches to convince colleagues and other stakeholders to agree to plans or take advice, and to achieve early engagement in strategic issues affecting the Procurement & Supply Chain team.
- Demonstrable ability to promote effective relationships with internal stakeholders to secure their commitment to processes, systems, practices and strategy objectives. Ability to translate technical digital concepts into non-technical language and understand what communication is required with stakeholders.
Mandatory Training Or/and Qualifications
- A relevant degree or equivalent or significant industry experience
- MCIP’s or IoSCM qualified or demonstrable equivalent experience
- Experience in a Procurement or Supply Chain Management role
Beneficial Experience, Training Or/and Qualifications
- Advantageous - understanding of Nuclear regulatory requirements
- Desirable - understanding of Public sector procurement process requirements
Why Join Us?
You will be joining a forward-thinking organization that values transparency, fairness, and innovation in its reward philosophy. You will play a key role in shaping the way we attract, retain, and motivate our talent.
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you.
Also, if you are considering a career move or a sector-jump, please get in touch, we welcome applications from people with transferable skills.
Pay And Benefits
Pay and Benefits
Salary - £57,600 - £75,600
A performance related bonus of up to 12.5%,
An attractive pension scheme with 12% employer and 6% employee contributions.
You will also receive a flexible benefits allowance of £2,200, enabling you to create a bespoke package to suit your needs.
28 days annual leave (plus bank holiday) with ability to buy additional days.
BUPA personal health cover
£250 one-off cash allowance on joining to spend on your home-office set-up
Company Related
We are Rolls-Royce SMR
Rolls-Royce SMR is a rare employer because it blends the world-class brand of Rolls Royce with an exciting start-up that has a hugely challenging mission. We’re doing work that contributes to the survival of the planet. Because of our mission, there’s a pace and energy that is palpable, and our leaders draw you in with their passion, energy, and determination.
We’re one of a handful of employers who can genuinely say we’re a strengths-based organisation – our people are here because of what makes them great, and our job is to help them make the best contribution of their careers doing work they love.
The start-up mentality coupled with our strengths-approach to people means there are opportunities to grow in ways and jobs you probably would be barred from doing in more traditional companies.
Each Rolls-Royce SMR power station will have the capacity to generate 470MW of low carbon energy, equivalent to more than 150 onshore wind turbines and enough to power a million homes. It will provide consistent baseload generation for at least 60 years, helping to support the roll out of renewable generation and overcome intermittency issues
Our Culture
At Rolls-Royce SMR, we are committed to ensuring that our teams reflect the communities we serve and that everyone can be themselves at work. We know that diverse teams are more innovative and get better results, and that our people can thrive and be more successful in truly inclusive cultures. Join us and help shape our culture. Find out more about our inclusion pledge.
Rolls-Royce SMR is a place where everyone can grow, so whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day and help shape our culture.
