Job Description

Procurement Data & Analytics Manager

Full time

Derby/Hybrid

What you will be doing

The Procurement Data & Analytics Manager is responsible for transforming procurement's data into strategic, actionable insights. This role blends strong analytical capability with commercial acumen, enabling better decision-making, driving value, and improving supplier performance.

You will own the procurement data landscape, develop dashboards and advanced analytics, partner with category managers to identify opportunities, and help shape the organisation's data strategy. The ideal candidate is excited by the future of digital procurement, understands the power of analytics and AI, and can translate complex data into compelling stories.

Your responsibilities will include:

Data Strategy & Governance

• Lead the development and execution of the procurement data and analytics strategy.
• Define and maintain data standards, taxonomies, and governance structures to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Manage strategy for master data for suppliers, categories, spend, contracts, and risk information.
• Ensure data quality through regular monitoring, cleansing, and automation initiatives.

Analytics & Insights

• Build and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and reporting suites covering spend, savings, supplier performance, risk, and sustainability.
• Use advanced analytics (forecasting, clustering, scenario modelling, cost drivers, should-cost) to generate insights.
• Identify and quantify value opportunities across categories (e.g., consolidation, demand optimisation, leakage reduction).
• Drive predictive and prescriptive analytics initiatives to support strategic sourcing and supplier management.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with category managers, buyers, finance, and operational teams to understand needs and deliver relevant insights.
• Present analytical findings in a clear, commercial, and compelling way to senior stakeholders.
• Influence decision-making by recommending data-driven strategies and interventions.

Automation & Digital Enablement

• Support the deployment and adoption of digital procurement tools.
• Develop the data strategy to enable introduction of AI-driven capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual reporting and analysis processes.

Continuous Improvement

• Champion data literacy across procurement, delivering training and best practices.
• Monitor market trends in digital procurement, analytics, and AI to inform capability development.
• Lead or support cross-functional projects to enhance procurement efficiency and effectiveness.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Work with us and we'll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

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, frequency will depend on business needs, nature of role, what works for the team and for the individual. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.

Who we're looking for

To be successful in this role, you'll bring strong business acumen, a strategic mindset and could work collaboratively across functions. You'll thrive in a dynamic environment and enjoy solving complex problems. Specifically, you'll need:

• Proven experience in procurement analytics, supply chain analytics, business intelligence, or a similar data-focused role.
• Strong understanding of procurement processes (category management, sourcing, contracts, supplier management).
• Excellent communication skills-able to translate data into stories for non-technical audiences.
• Curious, analytical, and highly data-literate.
• Comfortable challenging assumptions and influencing decisions through evidence.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to

This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role. We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.

Grade: Level C

Closing Date: 6th March 2026

People Leader: Tom Kniveton

For further information please contact: Batinder Chana

Job Category

Procurement

Posting Date

27 Feb 2026; 00:02

Posting End Date

06 Mar 2026