Change Manager

Location: This is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from one of our offices in Manchester, Corby or London.

Contract Type:  Permanent

The Opportunity  

We are looking for an experienced Change Manager to play a pivotal role in driving the successful adoption of key transformation initiatives across our Group Product & Supply Chain functions.

In this role, you will lead the people side of change, ensuring that new processes, systems, data capabilities, and ways of working are effectively embedded into day-to-day operations. Working in close partnership with programme teams, business leaders, process owners, and operational stakeholders, you will assess change impacts, develop adoption strategies, and deliver change interventions that enable lasting business outcomes.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence large-scale strategic transformation programmes, champion business readiness, and help teams navigate change with confidence. If you are passionate about driving engagement, building sustainable change, and delivering measurable business benefits, we'd love to hear from you.

What You Will Be Doing 

• Lead and drive change management activities across strategic Group Product & Supply Chain transformation programmes.
• Conduct change impact and business readiness assessments to identify stakeholder impacts, risks, adoption challenges, and readiness gaps.
• Develop and execute change management plans, including stakeholder engagement, communication, training, and adoption strategies aligned with programme objectives.
• Build strong relationships with business leaders, process owners, and operational teams, acting as a trusted advisor throughout the change journey.
• Deliver engaging communications and stakeholder engagement activities to ensure clear understanding of the purpose, benefits, and impact of change.
• Coordinate training needs analysis and support the development of learning materials to enable successful adoption of new processes, systems, and ways of working.
• Lead business readiness and deployment activities, ensuring teams are prepared for go-live and can transition smoothly into new operating models.
• Monitor change adoption, track business outcomes, and identify additional interventions to maximise programme benefits and long-term success.
• Minimise business disruption during implementation while supporting the successful embedding of change into day-to-day operations.

What You’ll Bring 

• Proven experience delivering organisational change within large-scale transformation programmes, including process, technology, and operating model changes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Experience developing and executing change management, communication, and adoption plans.
• Ability to assess business readiness and successfully support deployment and go-live activities.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Experience within Product, Supply Chain, Operations, or similar business functions would be an advantage.
• Relevant change management certification (e.g. Prosci, APMG, or equivalent) is desirable.

We Are RS 

At RS, we are making amazing happen for a better world.  

As a global product and service solutions provider, we help industrial customers operate more efficiently and sustainably. Operating in 33 markets, we support around one million customers worldwide with more than 875,000 stocked products, access to over five million additional products, and a range of service solutions designed to help businesses thrive. 

What sets us apart is our people. More than 8,500 colleagues around the world bring technical expertise, digital innovation, and a customer first mindset to everything we do. Guided by our values – we are one team, we deliver brilliantly, we do the right thing, and we make every day better, we're creating an environment where our people can grow, contribute and make a meaningful impact. 

Join us and help make amazing happen. 

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 over 8,500 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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