Category Manager – Tools & Consumables: Growth & Margin

Rexel UK Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car Scheme

33 days annual leave (including bank)

Birthday Day off after 1 years’

Performance related bonus

Private Medical Insurance

Contributory pension scheme and 4 x 1i

Extensive Learning and Development

Wellbeing: enhanced family leave, Buy/

Job summary

Rexel UK Ltd is seeking a commercially minded Category Manager to own the Tools & Consumables category, drive profitable growth and manage pricing, rebates and supplier performance. The role is hybrid, based near Birmingham, combining office and remote work.

You’ll develop short- and long-term category plans, analyse market trends, and lead initiatives to improve margin and growth across own-brand and sourced products.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in a commercial Category Manager role with end-to-end category management and strong P&L ownership.

Responsibilities

• Build and deliver short- and long-term category plans that translate into clear trading actions and measurable results.
• Own Commercial Gross Margin (CGM) and profitability, including managing and maximising rebate income and supplier funding.
• Shape and execute pricing strategy in partnership with the Pricing Analyst to optimise margin, price position and category profitability.
• Lead competitive benchmarking and deliver promotional plans that drive volume without diluting profit.
• Deliver sales and market share growth, using data to continuously refine range, price, promo and supplier mix.
• Develop own-brand growth and direct sourcing proposals by customer and quartile where it strengthens margin and competitiveness.
• Partner with demand planning / supply chain to ensure strong commercial execution: sales-out, clearance and promotional plans, maintaining +95% availability.
• Build high-impact supplier partnerships and negotiate commercially strong agreements (including all contract paperwork and legalities completed on time and to process).

Skills

Category management

P&L ownership

Pricing

Promotions

Supplier negotiation

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Job description

Rexel UK Ltd is seeking a commercially minded Category Manager to own the Tools & Consumables category, drive profitable growth and manage pricing, rebates and supplier performance. The role is hybrid, based near Birmingham, combining office and remote work.

You’ll develop short- and long-term category plans, analyse market trends, and lead initiatives to improve margin and growth across own-brand and sourced products.