Change Management Lead

About RS Group

Across the industrial design, manufacturing and maintenance worlds, we’re the digital destination for product and service solutions to help our customers with the maintenance, repair and operation of their businesses. We provide global access to an unrivalled range of over 750,000 stocked industrial products. Each day our team of experts deliver solutions to resolve our customer’s challenges across design, procurement, inventory and maintenance. We consistently strive to deliver the best possible service to all of our customers and challenge ourselves to provide a seamless procurement experience.

We are one team. We deliver brilliantly. We do the right thing. We make every day better. These are our values. They unite our c.9,000 global colleagues and differentiate us from our competition. They are a mix of how we work today and how we must step up for the future. Most importantly, it is one set of values shaped by our people, for our people.

Together, we can make great things happen. Aim for amazing and beyond.

About the Role

Role Purpose

As the Change Management, Project Harmonization Lead, you will play a critical role in driving alignment, consistency, and adoption of strategic initiatives across RS Americas. You will lead the change management efforts for key transformation projects, ensuring that people, processes, and systems are harmonized to support business goals. This role is essential in fostering a culture of agility, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead Change Management Strategy : Develop and execute change management plans that support the successful adoption of enterprise-wide initiatives, including communications, stakeholder engagement, training, and resistance management.
• Project Harmonization : Align and integrate multiple projects and workstreams to ensure consistency in approach, messaging, and execution across functions and regions.
• Stakeholder Engagement : Partner with senior leaders, project sponsors, and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and buy-in throughout the change lifecycle.
• Impact Assessment : Conduct change impact analyses and readiness assessments to identify gaps and develop mitigation strategies.
• Communication & Training : Design and deliver clear, targeted communications and training programs that support employee understanding and adoption of changes.
• Measurement & Feedback : Define success metrics, monitor progress, and gather feedback to continuously improve change initiatives and harmonization efforts.
• Best Practices & Tools : Champion the use of change management methodologies, tools, and templates to build internal capability and consistency.

Candidate Requirements

Essential Qualifications, Skills & Experience