Category Manager (Facilities & Maintenance)

RS Group plc; Beauvais; Hybride; EUR 55 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading global solutions provider is seeking a Category Manager for Facilities & Maintenance. This crucial role involves developing category strategies and managing supplier relationships to drive growth across EMEA. Candidates should possess strong commercial acumen, excellent stakeholder management skills, and proficiency in data analytics tools. This position offers a hybrid working model based in Beauvais, France.

Prestations

Hybrid working model

Professional development opportunities

Global team collaboration

Qualifications

• Strong commercial acumen and experience in a commercial environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Analytical skills to derive insights from large datasets.
• Supplier relationship management experience.
• Proficiency with data analytics and digital tools.

Responsabilités

• Develop and execute category/technology strategies.
• Create and implement supplier business plans.
• Manage supplier relationships to support growth.
• Negotiate contracts to maximize profit.
• Drive NPI and portfolio development.

Connaissances

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Supplier relationship management

Data analytics proficiency

Collaborative team player

Results-oriented

Influencing skills

Problem-solving capabilities

Outils

Microsoft Excel

PowerBI

Adobe Analytics

Description du poste

Category Manager (Facilities & Maintenance)

Hybrid working from any of our EMEA locations: UK (Manchester, Corby, or London), Germany (Frankfurt), France (Beauvais), Italy (Milan)

About the Role:

The Category Manager is a key role within the EMEA Product & Supplier Management organization, responsible for developing the category strategy and collaborating with group, regional, and local stakeholders to execute growth plans, delivering profitable growth, customer acquisition, and ROI.

They will focus on technology and suppliers, aiming to provide a best-in-class product offer by defining leading brands, latest products, and innovative technologies to drive growth across EMEA. They will also manage the supplier and product portfolio throughout the product lifecycle.

Managing strategic suppliers, they are accountable for supplier performance, contract negotiations, and building collaborative relationships internally and externally to support growth.

Responsibilities and Deliverables:

1. Develop and execute category/technology strategies
2. Create and implement supplier business plans to realize category goals
3. Use data and insights for decision-making and performance improvement
4. Manage supplier relationships to support growth
5. Negotiate contracts to maximize profit
6. Manage costs and pricing strategies
7. Drive NPI and portfolio development to expand and grow the range
8. Communicate and collaborate with stakeholders
9. Develop a customer-aligned category offer
10. Introduce new brands and support supplier acquisition
11. Manage product lifecycle including NPI, discontinuations, and revenue protection
12. Support NPI delivery with supplier data and content
13. Achieve KPIs related to revenue, margin, customer metrics, product volume, digital performance, supplier performance, and inventory health
14. Negotiate to add commercial value
15. Build strong relationships with suppliers and internal teams
16. Work closely with the private label team (RS Pro)
17. Influence customer satisfaction scores like NES and NPS

Experience we are looking for:

• Strong commercial acumen and experience in a commercial environment
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Analytical skills to derive insights from large datasets
• Supplier relationship management experience
• Proficiency with data analytics and digital tools such as Microsoft Excel, PowerBI, Adobe Analytics
• Collaborative team player with a positive attitude
• Results-oriented with ownership mentality
• Effective influencing skills
• Operational problem-solving and process management capabilities

About RS Group:

RS Group has been solving engineering problems for over 80 years, turning challenges into opportunities. Our purpose is making amazing happen for a better world.

We deliver service and product solutions, dispatching a parcel every 2 seconds to over 130 countries, offering over 800,000 in-stock and 3 million unstocked products to over 1.2 million customers worldwide.

We value curiosity, innovation, empathy, and diversity. We invest in your development and wellbeing, committed to our ESG principles.

Join our team of over 9,000 employees worldwide and help us think big, do more, and unleash your brilliance.

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