Supply Chain Security Assurance Lead

Job Description

Job Title: Supply Chain Security Assurance Lead

Working Pattern: Full time

Working location: Derby/Hybrid

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Supply Chain Security Assurance Lead to join our Defence Aerospace business in Bristol.

In this role, you will report directly to the Supply Chain Assurance Manager and will be part of the Defence Security Team accountable for delivering a range of key security outcomes over multiple sites, with a diverse range of stakeholders, to help ensure business and Government regulations are met.

The base location for this position is Bristol, UK, with a requirement to travel independently to vendors, partners and Rolls-Royce locations nationally (50%).  There is also potential for occasional international travel.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’re a leading global player in the defence aero engine market. From combat to transport, trainers to helicopters, we provide 16,000 military engines and pioneering service solutions to 160 customers in 103 countries.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

This multifaceted role will give you an opportunity to work in a world class engineering and manufacturing environment, using your knowledge of UK MOD security standards and compliance to ensure the highest standards of security are maintained.

What we offer

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

Your needs are as unique as you are. 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, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing

Providing support to the Supply Chain Security Assurance team, with this exciting opportunity you will:

• Undertake comprehensive supplier monitoring activities to prevent damage, loss or compromise of Rolls-Royce assets across the physical, personnel and cyber security domain.
• Support the ongoing development, co-ordination, review and monitoring of the Rolls-Royce Defence supply chain ensuring compliance against contractual obligations, UK legislation. industry best practice both related to the Civil and Defence sectors.
• Liaise with suppliers to develop an agreed audit schedule, completing the associated site visits, producing the detailed assessments and audit reports in support of Rolls-Royce contractual obligations and flow down conditions.
• Act as the security focal point for suppliers who encounter security breaches or issues affecting Rolls-Royce assets and provide security support, advice and guidance to Rolls-Royce colleagues when responding to supply chain events/incidents, to include investigation reports, findings, corrective actions and the recording of lessons learned.
• Act on intelligence indicating any threats to Rolls-Royce locations/sites from hostile actors, including coordinating the provision of advice on security, risk management, business continuity practices, review and feedback for continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, including security working groups, to inform and influence security decisions and ensure sound security practices.  This will include the delivery of security briefing campaigns to enhance staff security awareness and preparedness.

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

To be successful in this role you will need to have:

• A valid UK driving licence.
• A good understanding of security principles, practices, and technologies, and more specifically, knowledge of security compliance and assurance in contracts (Defence and non-Defence related conditions), managing risks through to closure.
• Supply Chain experience within government contracts, ideally with prior experience in procurement, security management, law enforcement, Government, or military roles.
• Experience of managing internal and external security stakeholders, with excellent communicating and influencing skills.
• Qualifications/certification/experience of the following ISO27001, ISO28001, NIST, CSMP. TAPA

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

This role requires a National Security Vetting clearance to a minimum Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work.

Job Category

Project Management