Category Manager, RS Pro

RS Group (London) Ltd; Corby; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Category Manager to develop and execute brand strategies. This role involves supplier management, product lifecycle knowledge, and leveraging data to drive profitability in a hybrid environment across EMEA and APAC regions. Strong negotiation, analytics, and stakeholder management skills are essential. If you are a collaborative team player looking to impact through strategic sourcing and product placement, we want you to apply!

Qualifications

• Category Management experience.
• Strong commercial acumen and data interpretation.
• Experience of working in a matrix environment.

Responsibilities

• Delivering product range growth and effective lifecycle management.
• Conducting supplier range reviews to maximize growth.
• Ensuring the product range aligns with customer needs.

Skills

Category Management

Supplier Management

Negotiation

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Attention to Detail

Operational Problem Solving

Job description

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Category Manager

Available Locations (Hybrid): UK (London, Corby, Manchester), Germany (Frankfurt), Italy (Milan), Latvia (Riga)

The RS Pro team have an opening for a Category Manager!

The Category Manager develops and executes the Own Brand strategy for their aligned product technologies through product knowledge, sourcing, negotiation, bringing the goods to market, reporting and end of life range decisions.

Youll be working in close collaboration with the RS PRO team in Compliance, Quality, Ethical Sourcing and Sustainability, the global sourcing team, the local regional stakeholders and the data team ensuring to deliver profitable growth, accelerated customer acquisition and superior ROI.

With a mandate covering RS the role operates internationally across EMEA and APAC regions as well as globally in conjunction with strategic supplier relationships.

What You Will Be Doing

• Delivering the RS PRO NPI Road Map, strategies and business plans
• Conducting supplier range reviews and engagement to maximise growth
• Ensuring the product range is fully aligned to customer needs
• Delivering product range growth by supplier and product segment
• Effective lifecycle management
• Effective use of Data insights to maximise customer penetration
• Deliver KPIs for managed suppliers and technologies:
• Revenue
• Margin
• Return on Investment
• Customer acquisition
• Number of products sold
• New product introduction revenue
• Inventory health
• Own Brand (RS Pro) share of category
• Influencing NES and NPS scores
  

What we are looking for from you, in order to be successful in this role:

• Category Management experience (Own-Brand experience would be an advantage)
• Prior experience managing suppliers, and negotiating win-win outcomes
• An understanding of product lifecycle and new product introduction, preferably in own brand.
• Product range knowledge within Industrial Automation, Facilities Maintenance or Electronics
• Strong commercial acumen, including interpreting and understanding large data-sets
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Strong analytical skillset and strong attention to detail
• Experience of online trading and digital tools
• A collaborative team player
• Positive can-do attitude, takes ownership and results oriented
• Strong influencing skills and ability to negotiate with suppliers.
• Operational problem solver and good process management capability
• Experience working with leading suppliers / brands
• Experience of working in a matrix and cross-cultural environment
• Experience of working with an online digital toolset
• Experience of working in a Commercial environment
  
  

We Are RS Group

At RS weve 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 thats exactly how we partner with people our customers, suppliers, colleagues and communities to solve problems.

Well 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 9000 employees worldwide and well help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing

• Industries

  Marketing Services

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