Head of New Part Introduction

Rolls-Royce SMR

Head of New Part Introduction at Rolls-Royce SMR ensuring supply chain readiness and performance. Leading governance and delivering transformative NPI strategies across global supply chains.

Posted 8/1/2026full-timeDerby • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLead💰 £85,000 - £113,800 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in New Product Introduction (NPI) and New Product Development (NPD) within complex, regulated environments, ensuring alignment of supply chain capabilities with engineering and commercial strategies. Proven leadership in large-scale project management, governance, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver on time and meet quality standards.

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NPI/NPD ExperienceProject Management LeadershipGovernance Framework DevelopmentCross-Functional CollaborationRegulatory Compliance

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Hard Skills

NPI Strategy DevelopmentProgramme ManagementRisk ManagementSchedule ControlSupply Chain CapabilityIndustrialisation PlanningQuality ReadinessOperational ReadinessAPQPPPAP

Soft Skills

Management CapabilitiesInfluencing SkillsTeam LeadershipStakeholder EngagementCommunication Skills

Industry Keywords

Regulated SectorGlobal Supply ChainFirst-of-Fleet (FOAF)Customer Programme RequirementsCommercial CommitmentsPortfolio OversightSIOPPlanning & Control

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Ensure that supply chain capability, industrialisation readiness, and supplier performance are fully aligned with engineering releases, customer programme requirements, commercial commitments, and long‑term business strategy
Provide enterprise leadership to deliver First‑of‑Fleet (FOAF) and ongoing NPI demand with strong governance, disciplined programme management, and high levels of operational, regulatory, and quality readiness
Act as the primary integrator across functions, and suppliers, to ensure new parts are industrialised, qualified, and delivered on time to cost, quality, and performance targets
Define and deliver the end‑to‑end NPI strategy across the global supply chain, translating this into actionable supply chain capability and industrialisation plans
Develop and lead governance of all NPI activity across the global supply chain, creating and deploying standardised NPI frameworks (e.g., APQP, PPAP), integrated with risk management, reporting, and schedule control
Provide portfolio‑level oversight, prioritisation, and resourcing of NPI activity across multiple sites and customer programmes whilst ensuring alignment of NPI delivery with SIOP, Planning & Control, and broader business planning processes
Ensure our supply chain meets all technical, regulatory, operational, and rate requirements to support NPI demand
Be a Senior Ambassador for RR SMR product development and delivery with customers, external bodies, and the RR SMR Board and Executives

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive NPI/NPD experience in a complex international business operating in a highly regulated sector
Large-scale project and programme management leadership, with evidence that their supply chain has successfully delivered on time and to plan
Fabulous management and influencing capabilities - across multi-disciplinary teams, senior executives, our supply chain and, of course, our customers

Benefits

Comp & perks

Bonus: Up to 17% (performance related)
Personal Benefits Allowance of £8,500
Pension: 12% employer / 6% employee
Holidays: 28 days + public holidays (option to buy/sell up to 5/4 days)
Private Medical Insurance: BUPA
Life Assurance: 6× pensionable pay
Home Office Support: £250 one off payment for new starters