Job Description

Location: This role is offered on permanent basis. It is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from our Corby or London (Kings Cross) office, with 2-3 days per week in the office.
Overview of the Role
Are you an experienced Project Manager used to working on high-impact, cross-regional initiatives? We're seeking a skilled professional to oversee the delivery of our Net Zero projects, with a strong focus on project governance, stakeholder alignment, and performance tracking. Reporting to the Programme Director, ESG, you'll apply your expertise in project planning, risk management, and change delivery to drive demonstrable results. This is a fantastic opportunity to support strategic sustainability projects that span multiple teams and regions, while contributing to meaningful business transformation.
What You Will Be Doing

• Support the delivery of regional and cross-functional projects, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and annual targets
• Enforce project governance frameworks and best practices to maintain consistency and control
• Manage project risks and issues, ensuring timely resolution or escalation to maintain momentum
• Coordinate interdependencies across projects and teams, aligning stakeholders effectively
• Develop business cases and investment proposals to support project funding and strategic decision-making
• Track progress, budgets, milestones, and risks across multiple initiatives, supporting local teams
• Deliver regular updates through reports, forums, and Steering Committees to ensure transparency
• Facilitate formal change control processes to manage trade-offs across scope, cost, quality, and time
• Lead performance monitoring sessions to ensure compliance and drive corrective actions where needed

About You
You're a confident and collaborative project manager with a proven ability to lead complex, high-impact initiatives from concept to delivery. You bring:

• A strong track record of delivering business change through structured project management, with accountability for scope, timelines, and budgets
• Professional certification in project management (e.g. APM, PRINCE2), and a deep understanding of governance frameworks and delivery methodologies
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, navigating interdependencies, and driving outcomes in fast-paced environments
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence and align cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated success in change management, including risk mitigation, issue resolution, and benefits realisation
• A calm, curious, and solutions-focused mindset, with a commitment to continuous improvement and learning
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities without losing sight of strategic goals

RS - who we are
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 700,000 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 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 2000 colleagues here in the UK - and we'll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.
Rewards
At RS, we offer the benefits you'd expect from a FTSE listed company, including annual performance bonus, enhanced maternity and paternity leave and private healthcare. In addition to this, we offer individual and family friendly policies, and are proud to offer inclusive benefits and programmes that reflect the diverse identities and experiences of our employees, including:

• Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma with 500 a year available for monitoring & consultation
• Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members with needs assessment, diagnosis and post diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette's syndrome
• Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support through to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause
• Our healthcare coverage includes enhanced support for all individuals, including the diverse needs of trans and non-binary colleagues-such as voice coaching, gender affirmation surgery (including facial surgery), and other medically necessary services. We also provide access to resources and programs tailored to the unique needs of all employees, regardless of gender identity or expression
• Fertility coverage including IVF for lesbian couples and information/support around surrogacy and adoption for all

Are you ready to explore the possibilities?
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