Communications Manager EMEA - 12 months fixed-term

RS UK & Ireland; Corby; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

RS UK & Ireland in the United Kingdom seeks a Communications Manager - EMEA to lead internal and external communications across the region. The role focuses on engagement, culture and brand messaging, aligning narratives with RS Group strategy to unite teams behind the company purpose.

The role sits within Global Communications and requires a creative, agile leader who can drive change, plan key EMEA events, and partner with stakeholders to deliver clear, on-message communications across

Qualifications

• Proven experience in external or internal communications.
• Strong writing, editing, and content development skills.
• Knowledge of internal channels to deliver messages effectively.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and coordinate with cross-functional teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills.
• Collaboration and influencing.
• Customer focus.
• Driving results.
• Change leadership.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver short- and medium-term internal communications that support global and EMEA business goals.
• Act as a trusted advisor across EMEA, helping teams work together and stay aligned.
• Lead communications for change projects to make things simpler, more efficient, and better connected across the region.
• Create clear and consistent messages to support key business areas like Product & Supplier Management, Go to Market, and Supply Chain.
• Champion and bring together a community of communications leads across EMEA, sharing best practices and driving alignment and collaboration.
• Bring EMEA teams together to build a strong, united community and support business growth.
• Run internal communications campaigns across EMEA, making sure messages are timely, relevant, and fit local cultures.
• Work with global and local teams to keep messages clear, consistent, and aligned whilst understanding their needs and delivering useful and on message communications.
• Use and improve internal channels like the intranet, Viva Engage, newsletters, and digital signage.
• Write and share stories that highlight business goals, celebrate wins, and engage employees.
• Translate and adapt messages so they make sense to different audiences across EMEA.
• Track how well communications are working and suggest ways to improve.
• Lead communications planning and support delivery for strategic EMEA events, exhibitions, leadership forums and colleague engagement activities.
• Partner with business stakeholders, People and regional teams to coordinate event communications, content, logistics support and attendee engagement.
• Develop event communication plans that maximise participation, reinforce key business messages and measure engagement outcomes.
• Ensure a consistent RS Group experience across EMEA events through effective project management, stakeholder coordination and communication support.

Skills

Communications

Writing

Stakeholder Mgmt

Multi-project Mgmt

Collaboration

Change Leadership

Education

Degree in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, or related field

Job description

Location

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

Contract Type

12 months minimum fixed-term contract.

The Opportunity

The Communications Manager - EMEA will develop and deliver communications across the EMEA region as part of RS Group Communications team, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives. The Communications Manager - EMEA will be a well-rounded communications leader focused on engagement, culture, and brand messaging. You will embrace and embed consistent narratives across the different areas of our business while uniting people behind our purpose and connecting them to the role they play in contributing to our success. The role will also support the planning and delivery of key EMEA colleagues, customer and leadership events, ensuring a consistent and engaging experience that strengthens employee engagement, support business objectives and enhances the RS brand across the region.

The role of the Communications Manager - EMEA sits within the Global Communications team and is critical to our day-to-day communications across the EMEA region. You will be an experienced Communications Manager that is passionate, creative, and agile, with the ability to flex and change within our fast-paced organisation.

What You Will Be Doing

• Plan and deliver short- and medium-term internal communications that support global and EMEA business goals.
• Act as a trusted advisor across EMEA, helping teams work together and stay aligned.
• Lead communications for change projects to make things simpler, more efficient, and better connected across the region.
• Create clear and consistent messages to support key business areas like Product & Supplier Management, Go to Market, and Supply Chain.
• Champion and bring together a community of communications leads across EMEA, sharing best practices and driving alignment and collaboration.
• Bring EMEA teams together to build a strong, united community and support business growth.
• Run internal communications campaigns across EMEA, making sure messages are timely, relevant, and fit local cultures.
• Work with global and local teams to keep messages clear, consistent, and aligned whilst understanding their needs and delivering useful and on message communications.
• Use and improve internal channels like the intranet, Viva Engage, newsletters, and digital signage.
• Write and share stories that highlight business goals, celebrate wins, and engage employees.
• Translate and adapt messages so they make sense to different audiences across EMEA.
• Track how well communications are working and suggest ways to improve.
• Lead communications planning and support delivery for strategic EMEA events, exhibitions, leadership forums and colleague engagement activities.
• Partner with business stakeholders, People and regional teams to coordinate event communications, content, logistics support and attendee engagement.
• Develop event communication plans that maximise participation, reinforce key business messages and measure engagement outcomes.
• Ensure a consistent RS Group experience across EMEA events through effective project management, stakeholder coordination and communication support.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in external or internal communications, public relations, or corporate communications.
• Strong writing, editing, and content development skills.
• Knowledge of internal channels to best use to deliver messages.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and coordinate with cross-functional teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills.
• Collaboration and influencing.
• Customer focus.
• Driving results.
• Change leadership.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Degree in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, or related field.
• Multi-lingual with fluency in additional language.
• Effective creation and delivery of communications strategies.
• Uses fresh thinking and creative ideas to turn complex information into engaging, relevant content.
• Experience working in a global or matrixed organisation.
• Experience supporting corporate events, exhibitions, leadership forums or colleague engagement programmes.

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?

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