Job Description

Location: This role is offered on a 12-month fixed term contract basis. It is a hybrid role, offering the opportunity to work remotely and from our Corby or London offices.
As the People Programme, Analytics & Integration Manager you will play a key role in people transformation across EMEA, with a strong focus on M&A activity. You'll combine programme management, analytics, and systems integration to deliver data-driven, people-centred solutions that support business growth.
A core part of the role involves supporting M&A due diligence and integration work, building strong relationships with stakeholders, and helping drive all people-related post-acquisition initiatives across the region.
What you'll be doing

• Support People Transformation & M&A Delivery: Contribute to EMEA people transformation and M&A workstreams - including due diligence, data analysis, and integration activities - to ensure smooth transitions and a positive employee experience.
• Coordinate Projects & Governance: Manage project documentation, timelines, governance, and stakeholder engagement to keep initiatives organised, aligned, and progressing effectively.
• Deliver Data, Insights & Reporting: Develop dashboards, analyse people data, prepare integration datasets, and provide clear insights that support informed decision-making and programme success.
• Enable Change & Capability Building: Support communication and change activities, assist with system testing and deployments, ensure data compliance, and create training materials that help teams adopt new tools and processes.

About you:

• HR Expertise: Strong experience in multinational HR/People functions, including HR programmes, systems, analytics, and data governance.
• Change & Transformation: Proven delivery across M&A activity (due diligence, TUPE, restructures), integrations, and people-focused change initiatives with effective stakeholder management.
• Data & Insight Capability: Advanced analytical and BI skills, with the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for diverse audiences.
• Collaborative & Solutions-Focused: Excellent project and communication skills, broad HR generalist knowledge (e.g., Talent, L&D, Reward/Performance), and a pragmatic, adaptable approach.

We Are RS
We've been solving industry problems for over 80 years. 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 to over 1.2 million customers globally, shipping a parcel every 2 seconds to over 130 countries. With over 800,000 stocked and 3 million unstocked products, we're a trusted partner to the world's leading industries. We're looking for curious, driven, and empathetic professionals to join our journey. People who think differently, act with purpose, and want to make a real impact.
Rewards
Our Reward Strategy Philosophy is designed to offer market competitive base salaries and provide all of our people the opportunity to participate in a short-term incentive, enabling them to share in the success of the Company.
Our total reward package is more than just the cash; our recognition and benefit offering provide the opportunity for us to recognise, reward and enable the wellbeing of our people at all stages of their journey with RS. Our rewards and benefits vary by country, but include:
Financial - pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)
Wellbeing - medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday / paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership
Lifestyle - transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts
Spotlight - our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values
Ready to Make Amazing Happen?
Join c. 9,000 colleagues and help us shape the future of our industry. Whoever you are, wherever you are - it all starts here.
Apply now and make RS a part of your journey.
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