Junior Process Lead

**Junior Process Lead**

As part of our ambitious strategy to transform our Supply Chain operations and unlock new growth opportunities, we are investing in innovative capabilities—including the development of a state-of-the-art automated warehouse in Italy—to enhance the way we serve our customers and suppliers across EMEA.As part of our ambitious strategy to transform our Supply Chain operations and unlock new growth opportunities, we are investing in innovative capabilities—including the development of a state-of-the-art automated warehouse in Italy—to enhance the way we serve our customers and suppliers across EMEA.

**Job Purpose**

We are looking for a proactive Junior Process Lead to support key elements of this transformation. Working within the wider Supply Chain & ERP Programme, this role will contribute to the successful delivery of regional initiatives by supporting process mapping, change implementation, KPI definition and continuous improvement efforts across logistics, distribution, and warehouse operations.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone early in their career who is passionate about supply chain transformation and ready to grow within a fast-paced, future-focused environment.

**Key Accountabilities**
- Support Supply Chain Process Design: Assist in the creation and documentation of end-to-end supply chain processes, with a focus on consistency, efficiency, and scalability across the EMEA region.
- New Automated Warehouse Integration: Collaborate with project teams to ensure operational processes align with the capabilities and requirements of our new automated warehouse—from inbound and storage flows to picking and outbound distribution.
- Process Mapping & Documentation: Create and maintain clear process maps, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and user guides to support training and operational alignment.
- Change Implementation Support: Help coordinate pilots and go-lives for new processes, working closely with local site teams and change champions to gather feedback, monitor performance, and adjust as needed.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with functional teams such as IT, Operations, Planning, and Transportation to support cross-functional alignment and timely execution of project deliverables.
- Operational Data & Reporting: Assist in collecting, analysing, and interpreting process performance data to highlight inefficiencies and propose actionable improvements.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify pain points or improvement opportunities in day-to-day warehouse and logistics operations, and support the development and testing of solutions.
- Training and Knowledge Transfer: Support the delivery of training materials and workshops to ensure consistent understanding and adoption of new processes.
- Support Process Governance: Ensure process standards are followed, and contribute to regular updates on process status and health to regional and global leadership.
- Risk & Issue Tracking: Monitor potential risks and issues related to process execution and escalate where necessary to ensure timely resolution

**Personal Specification**

**Essentials**:

- 1-3 years' experience in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, or a similar function; internships or graduate programmes are also welcomed.
- Interest in automation, digital tools, and how technology can streamline supply chain operations.
- Strong analytical skills with a keen attention to detail and a process-oriented mindset.
- Comfortable working with diverse teams across regions and time zones.
- Self-starter who thrives in a fast-changing environment and is eager to learn and grow.

**Desirable**
- Experience of working in a complex, international project environment
- Experience of working within Transport/Logistics
- Familiarity with project coordination or change management practices.
- Experience with process mapping tools (e.g., Visio, Lucidchart) or ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) is a plus.
- Multilingual capabilities and experience in an international environment are advantageous.

**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