Change Manager

RS Group; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid work model

Résumé du poste

RS Group is seeking an experienced Change Manager to partner with senior Finance leaders, driving the people side of transformation across the function. You will shape change strategies, ensuring adoption, engagement, and measurable outcomes across the organisation.

You will lead sponsorship, coaching, and readiness activities, working with Change Leads across Global Shared Business Services to deliver lasting business change.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading the people side of large-scale transformation programmes.
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills across senior and executive levels.

Responsabilités

• Lead the people and leadership aspects of major transformation initiatives across the Finance function.
• Partner with senior leaders to build sponsorship and high engagement throughout the organisation.
• Develop and execute change strategies aligning business objectives with colleague experience and performance outcomes.
• Influence and coach stakeholders to navigate change confidently at all levels.
• Create and lead stakeholder engagement, communication and readiness plans for adoption.
• Use data and feedback to assess change effectiveness and improve outcomes.

Connaissances

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Communication

Influence & coaching

Data-driven decision making

Description du poste

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

Contract Type: Permanent

The Opportunity

AsChange Manager, you will be a trusted partner to senior Finance leaders, driving the people side of transformation across the function. This is a highly visible role where your ability to influence, inspire and lead through change will be critical to success.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will shape and deliver change strategies that enable the successful adoption of new ways of working, ensuring colleagues remain engaged, supported and focused throughout periods of transformation. You will act as a change leader, coaching stakeholders, building sponsorship, and creating the conditions for sustainable business change.

Partnering with Change Leads across our Global Shared Business Services organisation, you'll help establish a consistent and effective approach to change, ensuring leaders are equipped to champion transformation and deliver lasting business outcomes.

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead the people and leadership aspects of major transformation initiatives, ensuring change is embraced and embedded across the Finance function.
• Partner with senior leaders to build sponsorship, strengthen change leadership capability, and create high levels of engagement throughout the organisation.
• Develop and execute change strategies that align business objectives with colleague experience, adoption and performance outcomes.
• Influence and challenge stakeholders at all levels, providing coaching and guidance to help leaders confidently navigate change.
• Create and lead stakeholder engagement, communication and readiness plans that drive understanding, commitment and action.
• Use data, insights and feedback to assess change effectiveness, mitigate risks and continuously improve adoption and business outcomes.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience leading the people side of large-scale business, technology or transformation programmes within complex matrix organisations.
• Strong leadership presence, with the ability to influence, challenge and build credibility with senior stakeholders and executive leaders.
• Demonstrated success in driving organisational change through effective stakeholder engagement, sponsorship and leadership coaching.
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to bring people together behind a common vision and purpose.
• Experience leading through ambiguity, managing resistance and creating momentum in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Commercially minded and outcome-focused, with the ability to connect change initiatives to business performance, colleague engagement and strategic objectives.

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.