Project Manager

RS Group is seeking an experienced and versatile IS&T Project Manager to join our team on a permanent basis. This role suits someone who can deliver a wide range of technology initiatives spanning infrastructure, applications, SAP, data, cybersecurity, and systems integrations while working confidently with cross-functional teams in a dynamic enterprise environment. You'll be responsible for planning, executing, and delivering projects to agreed timelines, budgets, and quality standards, partnering closely with internal teams and external suppliers. What You'll Be Doing

• Project Planning: Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans that align customer requirements with business objectives, coordinating technical teams and stakeholders across all phases of delivery.
• Resource Management: Manage project resources, including people, budgets, and materials, to ensure successful delivery.
• Risk & Issue Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle.
• Stakeholder Management: Engage effectively with stakeholders to understand requirements, manage expectations, and evaluate alternative solutions.
• Technical Oversight: Provide technical direction and oversight to ensure infrastructure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to the required quality standards.
• Project Closure: Ensure projects are formally closed, lessons learned are captured, and outcomes are reviewed to support continuous improvement., At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits you'd expect from an FTSE listed company, including annual performance bonus, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, private healthcare, in the UK&I, we've just introduced a number of new Family Friendly Policies including:
Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions, such as diabetes or asthma, with £500 a year available for monitoring & consultation Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members with needs assessment, diagnosis and post-diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette's syndrome Support for Women at different life stages, from streamlined fertility support through to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues, including voice coaching, facial surgery and gender confirmation surgery Additions to Fertility coverage, including IVF for lesbian couples and information/support around surrogacy and adoption for all.

You're a well-rounded IS&T Project Manager with experience delivering a variety of technology change initiatives. You're able to quickly understand different technical domains including SAP, enterprise applications, integration layers (API, middleware), infrastructure, and data and translate them into clear and structured delivery plans. You operate confidently in complex environments, managing multiple stakeholders and keeping delivery on track with a calm, organised, and proactive approach. What You'll Need Demonstrated delivery across a range of IS&T initiatives, such as:
• SAP projects (enhancements, module changes, small-change delivery, integrations)
• Application upgrades, configuration changes, and rollouts
• Integration projects involving APIs, middleware, or third-party platforms
• Infrastructure and cloud upgrades
• Data platform or reporting initiatives
• Cybersecurity, compliance, and access-related projects
Project Management Expertise
• Strong experience with PPM tooling and structured project governance
• Working knowledge of Agile and Waterfall approaches
• Advanced PM certification (e.g., APM, PMP, Prince2)
Technical Understanding A practical understanding of:
• SAP landscapes and integration points
• Core enterprise application architecture
• Infrastructure components (servers, networks, cloud)
• Data, APIs, middleware, and security fundamentals, Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Strong leadership and cross-team coordination
• Structured problem-solving with a delivery-focused mindset
• Effective time management and prioritisation
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment
  
  At RS we've been solving engineering problems for over 80 years: big ones, small ones, easy and difficult ones. We turn the 'what ifs' into the 'why nots', the impossible into the possible.
Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world. We offer service and product solutions. We send out a parcel every 2 seconds, to over 130 countries. We provide over 700,000 in-stock and over 3 million unstocked products to more than 1.2 million customers. We want people like you, as you are curious about things, you like doing things differently and also in a human way with empathy. Because that's exactly how we partner with people - our customers, suppliers, colleagues and communities - to solve problems. We'll also invest in your development and wellbeing - because building a more diverse and inclusive culture, being ethical, responsible and committed to our Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) action plan is at the heart of everything we do. Come and join us and we'll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.