People Specialist

Corby, England, United Kingdom

7/18/2025

Location: This role is offered on permanent basis. It is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from our Corby office.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Employee Relations Specialist to join our People Services Team. In this role you will be at the heart of our employee experience, advising and supporting line managers to ensure that all Employee Relations matters are addressed with fairness, transparency and a consistent approach.

This position will act as one of the main points of contact for managers within your supported business area, including our Corby warehouse operations. A key part of the role involves engaging collaboratively with the onsite Trade Union, supporting a constructive working relationship.

What you will be doing:

• Provide expert guidance and coaching to managers on a broad range of Employee Relations issues, including grievances, disciplinary process, absence and performance management, whilst ensuring compliance with company policies and legal requirements
• Manage the relationship with Trade Union representatives, including any consultations, negotiations, and day-to-day collaboration as required.
• Act as the main People contact for managers in your designated area, supporting and guiding them through complex and sensitive cases.
• Partner with key stakeholders to support organisational change as required including design, consultation, and implementation planning.
• Actively work on Employee Relations specialism, by keeping up to date with employment law changes and showing learnings from cases and project delivery to instigate policy amendment or process improvements as appropriate.
• Assist in the rollout and embedding of our new People Services case management system.
  
  

About you:

• Demonstratable experience in managing a varied and sometimes complex employee relations case load.
• Strong, demonstrable experience of working directly with Trade Unions and employee representative bodies.
• In depth knowledge of employment law, regulations and best practices.
• Strong communication skills including the ability to influence and negotiate with Senior Stakeholders.
• Ability to handle difficult situations with discretion and sensitivity.
  
  

The extras you’ll get:

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, 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 Group:

RS is a global solutions partner for industrial customers and suppliers. Our business has operations in three geographical regions – the Americas, EMEA and APAC, supported by global organisations for supply chain, corporate functions, marketing, and product & supplier management.

Our market today is large, fragmented, local in nature and digitally immature. Only a few international distributors serve it, with many regional and local providers, who largely trade offline. We stock over 2,500 supplier brands, 500k products and 61% of our sales are digital.

We are committed to Making Amazing Happen for a better world and our Vision is to become first choice for customer, suppliers, our people, and communities.

RS is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people thrive. We recognise that a diverse and representative workforce is critical to our success, and our aim is to create a business where people can be their true selves. Our employees expect this as a matter of course and it is fundamental to how we attract, develop, and retain the best talent.

In line with our D&I policy, we recruit and develop employees who are the best suited to the requirements of the job role, regardless of gender, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

Are you ready to explore the possibilities?