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Rolls-Royce

Designs, manufactures, and services propulsion systems

VP Supply Chain Design & Development

Supply Chain ManagementPosted on Nov 11
Full-timeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in supply-chain design, development, strategy, or network planning is required.
  • Strong systems thinking, scenario-analysis, and business-case capability are required, along with commercial judgment to assess value, investment, and strategic trade-offs.
  • Experience leading complex cross-functional design, building high-performing internal and external business relationships, and influencing senior decisions is required.
  • The ability to turn long-term ambition and uncertainty into clear, deliverable choices and roadmaps is required.
  • Proficiency in English is mandatory.

Responsibilities

  • Define future supply-chain designs by translating strategic requirements into clear capability, network, and operating-model choices.
  • Assess design options using evidence and balance footprint, technology, capacity, commercial value, cost, resilience, and risk.
  • Develop scenarios and business cases that make value, trade-offs, dependencies, and investment needs visible to decision makers.
  • Integrate cross-functional design by aligning Strategy, Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, Programmes, and business requirements with relevant supplier, partner, and external-market insight.
  • Build implementation roadmaps that sequence sourcing, industrialisation, logistics, technology, and capability changes into deliverable plans.
  • Guide early implementation, resolve design ambiguity, and establish clear ownership before transition into delivery.
  • Improve design quality by using implementation evidence, benchmarking, and external insight to refine future choices.

About the Company

Rolls-Royce

Designs, manufactures, and services propulsion systems

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc designs, manufactures, and services complex power and propulsion systems for aerospace, marine, and industrial markets. Its offerings include aircraft engines, marine propulsion systems, and industrial gas turbines, paired with long-term maintenance, repair, and overhaul services under service agreements. The way its products work is by delivering integrated power and propulsion through high-performance engines and turbines, supported by ongoing maintenance to ensure reliability and efficiency. The company differentiates itself through deep engineering expertise across defense and civil sectors, an emphasis on integrated power systems, and a strong focus on long-term service contracts that provide recurring revenue and sustained performance. Its goal is to reduce environmental impact and improve operational efficiency for customers by advancing technology through research and development and delivering reliable, efficient power solutions.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
1904

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