Supplier Relationship Specialist

Job Title: Supplier Relationship Specialist

Working Pattern: Hybrid (3 office days a week)

Working Location: Indianapolis, IN

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Position Summary:

The Supplier Relationship Specialist works within Sourcing & Supplier Relationships, part of the Category Management team. Permanently aligned to a VP Supplier Relationship, the role supports the strategic supplier account by bringing together insight across cost, cash, technology, innovation, capacity, performance and strategic risk. It helps the account team maintain a clear view of priorities, commitments, decisions and outlook. Working across Category Management, Contract Delivery & Operations, Programs, Engineering, Quality, Finance and other teams across P&SC and the wider organization, the role coordinates account governance, analysis and follow-through. It supports delivery of the supplier account strategy, while category strategy, contract authority and operational supplier execution remain with the relevant accountable teams.

What you will be doing:

• Maintains the integrated account view bringing together category, contract, program, operational, technology, financial and risk information into clear account insight.
• Coordinates account governance, preparing reviews, decisions and executive engagements and maintaining accurate records of commitments and actions.
• Tracks delivery of the supplier account strategy monitoring priorities, value opportunities, risks and outcomes and escalating where progress is at risk.
• Connects matrix contributors coordinating inputs and follow-through across Aerospace Procurement, P&SC and the wider organization.
• Supports supplier capacity and strategic risk insight maintaining a forward view of supplier capability, resilience, financial exposure and mitigation actions.
• Supports value and relationship initiatives helping progress opportunities across cost, cash, technology, innovation, capacity and partnership.
• Improves account discipline strengthening data quality, reporting, action management and consistent ways of working across the account team.

Basic Requirements:

• Associate degree with 4+ years of supply chain or customer management experience, OR
• Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of supply chain or customer management experience, OR
• Master’s degree, OR
• JD/PhD, OR
• 6+ years of supply chain or customer management experience in lieu of a degree
• In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience in procurement, supplier management, commercial, program support, supply chain or business analysis.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to combine complex information into clear insight and actions.
• Strong organization and stakeholder-coordination capability, with disciplined attention to governance, ownership and follow-through.
• Sound judgement and confidence working across matrix teams, while respecting the accountabilities held by category, contract and operational owners.

Our vision is to ensure that the quality and dynamism that shaped our history continues into our future. It’s a bold pursuit, and we never stop striving to go further, faster, and better. We lead progress, creating the technologies that move us forward. If you’re driven to grow, to learn, and to make a lasting difference, this is where you belong.

Infinite Potential

Closing date: November 11, 2026

Pay ranges for remote employees are based on the state where the employee resides and may vary from the posted range.

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.