Head of Packaging

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Head of Packaging

Remote – Some travel to Corby, London, and Nuneaton is needed

Competitive Salary plus benefits

Full Time, Permanent

RS Group is seeking a Head of Packaging in our Product and Supply Chain team. We have set some very ambitious goals for our 2030 ESG action plan:

• Advancing sustainability
• Championing education and innovation
• Empowering our people
• Doing business responsibly
  
  

The purpose of this role is to take our offering to the next level, working with the Supply Chain team & ESG team you will work on improving our packaging offering to our customers and from our suppliers.

What will you be doing?

As the Head of Packaging for RS, you will lead the team and create and lead the strategy for more sustainable packaging while also looking at cost reduction. Procure new sustainable packaging solutions within the supply chain function and roll out new processes including automation. There will also be a need to work with suppliers to ensure that they are working to make their own offerings more sustainable and manage their and our customers’ expectations.

There is also a small transport element within this role, and this role will look to influence and manage the CO2 reduction plans across the group. You will also manage our external 3PL providers influencing their plans, how they impact RS, and ensure they are compliant with our RS requirements.

Alongside these responsibilities, the Head of Packaging will also work with the RS ESG team to lead training and internal engagement campaigns and deliver presentations/reports that engage internal and external stakeholders in out sustainability progress.

What do you need to be successful?

You will need to have previous experience in a packaging-based role in a supply chain, logistics, retail, or e-commerce environment. It is also essential for you to have some experience and knowledge of transport in a logistics capacity.

You will also need:

• Experience leading diverse teams, directly and indirectly.
• The ability to operate strategically and develop tactical solutions and initiatives.
• Very good influencing and negotiation skills
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• A strong work ethic and a desire to change and implement continuous improvements.
  
  

One of the most important things we are looking for is a strong desire for sustainability and environmental change.

If this sounds like you apply now and let’s start to make a difference.

What’s in it for you?

At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits, you’d expect from a FTSE listed company, including an annual performance bonus, private healthcare, and generous holiday, in the UK&I, we’ve just introduced several 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 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
  
  

We are RS.

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 over 2,000 colleagues in the UK – and we’ll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.