Communications Manager

Location: This role is offered on a 12-month fixed term contract basis. It is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from our Corby (Northamptonshire) or London (Kings Cross) offices.

We’re looking for a Communications Manager that is  passionate, creative and agile, with the ability to flex and change within our fast-paced organisation.

You will support the delivery of the EMEA Internal communications, the global external and internal communications on large scale projects and events plans by successfully delivering the implementation of communications and events activity across the globe, ensuring all communications are delivered in an effective, timely and relevant way sharing the story of how we are doing the right thing for our stakeholders.

This role is a key role within our wider Communications team and is critical to our overall success.  It is a busy and varied role on a global scale, which means no two days are ever really the same!

What you will be doing:

• Support with events (both external and internal), exhibitions, customer communications, supplier communications and internal communications across EMEA.
• Deliver brilliant internal communications across EMEA and external communications targeted at our key stakeholders.
• Support the implementation of integrated communications, events planning and execution, campaign and channel management, translation support via external partners.

About you:

• Brilliant all-round internal and external communications skills, written and verbal, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels.
• Experience with event planning.
• Able to work collaboratively and build strong relationships with key stakeholders.
• Can work well under pressure, with conflicting priorities and changing deadlines.
• Uses fresh thinking and creative ideas to turn complex information into engaging, relevant content.
• Knowledge of external and internal channels to best use to deliver messages.
• Effective delivery of the communications strategy.
• Experience of working in a Global or regional role.

The extras you’ll get:

At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits, you’d expect from a FTSE listed company, including an annual performance bonus, private healthcare, and generous holiday, in the UK, 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 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 to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause. 
• Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues, including voice coaching, facial surgery and gender confirmation surgery. 

We are RS Group:

RS is a global solutions partner for industrial customers and suppliers. Our business has operations in three geographical regions – the Americas, EMEA and APAC, supported by global organisations for supply chain, corporate functions, marketing, and product & supplier management.

Our market today is large, fragmented, local in nature and digitally immature. Only a few international distributors serve it, with many regional and local providers, who largely trade offline. We stock over 2,500 supplier brands, 500k products and 61% of our sales are digital.

We are committed to Making Amazing Happen for a better world and our Vision is to become first choice for customer, suppliers, our people, and communities.

RS is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people thrive. We recognise that a diverse and representative workforce is critical to our success, and our aim is to create a business where people can be their true selves. Our employees expect this as a matter of course and it is fundamental to how we attract, develop, and retain the best talent.

In line with our D&I policy, we recruit and develop employees who are the best suited to the requirements of the job role, regardless of gender, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

Are you ready to explore the possibilities?