Job Description

The role:

Reporting to the Head of Delivery - Supply Chain, you will support the delivery of critical Strategic project/s. Supported by the Change Management Community, Business Owner & Project Manager you will create the plan of activities, to support the build phase of the project and early life support. Working at a delivery level you will lead the workstream and co-ordinate activity across the global cross-functional impacted areas, to achieve our project objectives. You will also build and lead a business change network, driving activities through to delivery.

Stakeholder management of all relevant parties, at all levels, within our business and ensure communication is timely and provides clarity on what it means for our colleagues.





This role is Hybrid and whilst most of the work is expected to be remote, attendance in Corby, Nuneaton and/or London office will periodically be required. The job holder may also be required to travel across other locations within the group as needed.

What you'll be doing:

Deliver & champion standards, using the tools provided, capabilities and skills across our change network to successfully managing this change across the globe. Lead the business change activity for this project including the impact of change assessment, business readiness planning, communications and stakeholder engagement. Co-ordinate the business change across the planned project activity to ensure we achieve our desired business outcomes and benefits realisation. Develop and manage a virtual 'change network' team made up of people across the end-to-end process in all related functions. Ensure this team remains proactive, effective and committed to driving and embedding the changes required. Provide leadership to, and facilitate the work of, cross-functional change network. Ensure team members remain motivated and committed to the project objectives whilst balancing the demands of any BAU commitments. Identify and manage risks, issues and inter-project dependencies associated with change management, ensuring visibility, with plans to resolve, and managed through with all relevant stakeholders.

About you:

Proven Change Management experience leading the business elements of several projects and stakeholders with a track record of delivering business change to achieve outcomes and benefits. Proactive, positive attitude and delivery focused. Able to communicate confidently and effectively at all levels of the business and to various stakeholder groups, both in writing and verbally. Ability to drive others in a professional and collaborative environment. Experience of working in the relevant business environment (Digital, Customer Services, Supply Chain Distribution, Finance, Infrastructure). Experience of working with a variety of delivery methodologies including Waterfall/Agile/Hybrid. Strong team facilitation skills - able to manage and motivate people at all levels in the organisation. Remains calm during periods of pressure and / or when dealing with issue resolution. Excellent planning and organisational skills. Strong interpersonal & relationship building skills, able to work across functions, geographies and cultures. Able to communicate confidently and effectively at all levels of the business and to various stakeholder groups, both in writing and verbally. Ability to challenge constructively, build credibility and work with integrity at all levels within the organisation. Experience of working in a complex, international project environment. Certified Project Management qualifications e.g. APM, Prince 2, MSP, Agile. Change Management methodologies and/or certified Change Management qualifications e.g. Kotter, PROSCI. Strong focus on effective and engaging change management, and exposure to formalised change methodologies.

We are RS Group.

At RS we've been solving engineering problems for over 80 years: big ones, small ones, easy and difficult ones. We turn the 'what ifs' into the 'why nots', the impossible into the possible.

Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world. We offer service and product solutions. We send out a parcel every 2 seconds, to over 130 countries. We provide over 800,000 in-stock and over 3 million unstocked products to more than 1.2 million customers. We want people like you, as you are curious about things, you like doing things differently and also in a human way with empathy. Because that's exactly how we partner with people - our customers, suppliers, colleagues and communities - to solve problems. We'll also invest in your development and wellbeing - because building a more diverse and inclusive culture, being ethical, responsible and committed to our Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) action plan is at the heart of everything we do. Come and join us and over 9000 employees worldwide - and we'll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.

Rewards

At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits you'd expect from a FTSE listed company (Annual Bonus, Private Medical Cover, Life Assurance, Generous Pension) we've just introduced several new Family Friendly Policies including:

Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma. Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members. Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support through to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause. Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues.



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