Head of Commercial Delivery - Supply Chain - Submarines

Head of Commercial Delivery - Supply Chain (Submarines)

We are recruiting for a Head of Commercial Delivery - Supply Chain based in Derby, responsible for leading and supporting the commercial delivery teams across a portfolio of projects within the overall Rolls Royce Limited (RRSL) Major Infrastructure Programme (MIP). The role spans new manufacturing and office facilities across fissile and non fissile sites, delivering a complex major infrastructure programme that creates 1,170 skilled roles over the next decade.

Responsibilities

• Take overall strategic responsibility for all contract and commercial activity across the portfolio within the MIP, ensuring business needs are met while achieving RRSL commercial outcomes.
• Provide commercial leadership across the portfolio to drive excellence in budget management, cost and financial management, contract management, dispute avoidance and commercial performance for RRSL sub contracts.
• Own and manage the commercial relationship with suppliers to support successful delivery.
• Coach and support programme and project managers on commercial issues.
• Lead and manage the Commercial Leads accountable for project commercial leadership and management of project commercial delivery teams.
• Build visible and effective supplier partnerships within the allocated programme.
• Identify commercial needs, priorities and potential threats, defining mitigation actions to support better delivery.
• Collaborate with Heads of Projects and Programme Executives within the MIP as part of the leadership team.
• Drive supplier performance to meet safety, quality, cost and programme requirements.
• Ensure subcontract costs are appropriate, attributable and reasonable (AAR) under SSCR and comply with commercial policies.
• Lead commercial governance to ensure compliance with RRSL policy and procedures for predictable delivery.
• Develop subcontract agreements from first principles, negotiating with suppliers and senior stakeholders for fit for purpose subcontracts.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of NEC contracts, specifically Defined Cost contracts.
• Significant and demonstrable experience leading and managing commercial teams, including matrix management at a senior level.
• Extensive major programme experience; nuclear experience preferred but wider infrastructure experience (utilities, transport, energy) acceptable.
• Ability to lead, build and motivate a diverse workforce delivering strong commercial performance.
• Effective decision making skills to mitigate commercial threats and realise efficiency opportunities.
• Experience forming and maintaining partnering arrangements in a commercial delivery environment.
• Relevant professional qualification in RICS, ICES, ICE or equivalent.
• Security Check (SC) clearance without caveats; support provided to obtain clearance if not already in place.
• UK nationality required; dual nationals subject to additional scrutiny and background checks.

Equality, Diversity and Safety

Rolls Royce is committed to a respectful, inclusive and non discriminatory workplace. The priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. Applicants from any grade are encouraged to apply.

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