Senior Commercial Manager – Plumbing & Heating

UK Plumbing Supplies (trading as UKPS); Colchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + Profit Share

Training and development opportunities

Senior commercial role with supplier‑f

Influence across the UK's largest indy

Profit-sharing culture

Job summary

UK Plumbing Supplies is the UK's largest independent plumbing, heating and bathroom merchant, with more than 310 sites nationwide. Our Commercial team sits at the centre of a business with significant buying power, but our sites operate as individual profit centres with the autonomy to make their own commercial decisions based on their customers and local markets.

Your role is to negotiate opportunities and ensure the right product files and information are in place to make them available to

Qualifications

• Significant experience working with suppliers, products and commercial agreements.
• Experience in Commercial, Procurement, Buying, Product Management or Supplier Management is beneficial.
• Experience in plumbing and heating, merchanting or building products is advantageous.
• Ability to develop terms that add value while protecting profitability.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and manage commercial agreements with key suppliers and manufacturers.
• Identify products, ranges and commercial opportunities across UK Plumbing Supplies.
• Communicate opportunities to relevant sites with suppliers and manufacturers.
• Develop pricing structures and commercial arrangements to trade competitively.
• Support site managers and teams with commercial queries and pricing requirements.
• Review supplier agreements to improve terms and create additional value.
• Attend supplier meetings and industry events to develop relationships.
• Work with the Commercial Director on major negotiations and initiatives.
• Support and develop less experienced members of the Commercial team.

Skills

Supplier management

Commercial agreements

Pricing strategies

Negotiation

Relationship building

Job description

UK Plumbing Supplies is the UK's largest independent plumbing, heating and bathroom merchant, with more than 310 sites nationwide. Our Commercial team sits at the centre of a business with significant buying power, but our sites operate as individual profit centres with the autonomy to make their own commercial decisions based on their customers and local markets.

Your role is to negotiate opportunities and ensure the right product files and information are in place to make them available to