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Location: This is a remote role, offering the flexibility to work virtually from
anywhere within the UK.
Contract Type: Permanent
The Opportunity
To provide project management leadership across IS&T supply chain delivery,
ensuring technology projects are shaped, planned and delivered to agreed scope,
time, cost, quality and business outcomes. The role will manage supply chain
technology and process change from initiation through to implementation,
operational transition and closure, working closely with supply chain
stakeholders, technology teams, suppliers and third-party delivery partners.
• The role will sit within IS&T Technology Delivery / Global Delivery and
support supply chain technology change across RS Group.
• This is a permanent Project Manager role focused on supply chain delivery,
enterprise-grade technology implementations, supplier-led change and
operational process improvement.
• The role may support initiatives across warehouse management, order
management, transport management, conveyor control, ERP integration,
middleware, site migrations and supplier-led delivery.
• The role requires a delivery-focused Project Manager who can bring structure,
clarity and control across business and technology workstreams,
while maintaining stakeholder confidence and delivery pace.
• Travel to RS locations and supplier meetings may be required where site
engagement, migrations, workshops or operational readiness activity needs
in-person support.
What You Will Be Doing
• Take responsibility for the definition, documentation and successful
completion of supply chain technology projects from initiation through to
closure.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones,
dependencies, assumptions, resource needs, budgets, risks and quality plans.
• Use Planview and agreed governance tools to maintain accurate plans, RAID
logs, status reporting, forecasts, project artefacts and decision records.
• Coordinate internal and external stakeholders across supply chain operations,
IS&T, architecture, SAP/ERP, integration, data, warehouse/site teams and
third-party suppliers.
• Manage project resources, revenue costs and capital costs against agreed
project budgets, ensuring project forecasts remain accurate and risks are
escalated early.
• Ensure appropriate change control is in place and used to assess impacts on
cost, timescale, scope, quality and resource needs.
• Lead one or more project teams, allocating and monitoring tasks, supporting
delivery performance and keeping teams aligned to project objectives.
• Act as the liaison between customer and supplier organisations, enabling
clear and efficient communication across project phases.
• Evaluate and make recommendations on technical or delivery options in line
with RS Group technology strategies, operational needs and business
outcomes.
Ensure projects are formally closed, reviewed and transitioned into BAU,
capturing lessons learned and improvement actions.
What You’ll Bring
• Proven project management experience delivering enterprise technology
projects across supply chain, logistics, warehouse, fulfilment or
distribution.
• Experience managing third-party, public-facing or enterprise-grade technology
implementations across multiple locations.
• Good understanding of supply chain technology environments, including
Warehouse Management Systems, Order Management Systems, Transportation
Management Systems, Conveyor Control Systems and ERP integration.
• Strong project governance capability, including planning, RAID management,
dependency management, budget tracking, change control, reporting and project
closure discipline.
• Experience working with suppliers, systems integrators, managed
service providers or technology partners, acting as the link between business
and supplier organisations.
• Ability to coordinate business, technology, site, supplier and senior
stakeholder groups through all phases of project delivery.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to
translate technical solutions into clear business language.
• Good problem-solving skills, with the ability to see the bigger picture and
get things done in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks, assign and monitor work
activities, meet deadlines and produce timely project reporting.
• Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Planview,
Jira, Confluence, Teams and Microsoft Office.
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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