Supplier Manager

Rsgroup; North Ferriby; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

RS Group’s RS Safety Solutions is seeking a Category Manager – PPE to drive supplier relationships and category strategy across the UK&I market. The role focuses on developing partnerships with strategic suppliers, delivering value, and supporting growth in a fast-moving environment.

You will collaborate cross-functionally, manage pricing negotiations, and implement category plans to achieve sales and margin targets while improving supply chain efficiency.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in supplier or category management.
• Strong business planning and execution skills.
• Excellent communication and influencing abilities.
• Experience with pricing negotiations and supplier management.

Responsibilities

• Meet with suppliers to build partnerships and secure strategic agreements.
• Drive category strategies aligned to business objectives.
• Negotiate pricing, terms, and cost-saving opportunities.
• Collaborate with sales and procurement teams across the UK&I.

Skills

Category management

Supplier relationships

Business planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Commercial acumen

Data analysis

Negotiation

Prioritization

Communication

Tools

Excel

Job description

Location: North Ferriby, GB, HU14 3BQ

Brand: RS Safety Solutions

Work Location: Hybrid

Job role: Category Manager – PPE

RS Safety Solutions are going through an exciting period of growth with robust plans for the future which include becoming the number 1 supplier of PPE, due to this we are seeking an experienced Category Manager to join our team here in Melton, the successful individual will be integral to our ambitious plans and have a real opportunity to make an Impact in this space.

As the Category Manager you will be involved in developingandleveragingsupplier relationships, across our UK&I market.

RS Safety Solutions part of RS Group is one of the UK’s leading supplier of PPE, safety, and hygiene products to the food manufacturing industry. With customers of all sizes in almost every food sector, our success is based on exceptional customer service, a tailored supply chain and an extensive, well priced product list..

What you will be doing:

This is a critical role for our organisation where your primaryactivity will be meeting with suppliers and developing partnerships tobecome first choice for our defined strategicsuppliers. There should be strong engagement with the sales community, with regular customer visits being a component of the role.

Delivering commercial benefit from ongoing review of supplier pricing agreements, commercial term negotiations and gaining price support for specific customers / opportunities are also critical activities to contribute towards achieving the required profitable growth ambitions within the category.

What do I need to be successful?

If you have the following skills and experience, we want to hear from you:

• Successfultrack recordin supplier/account or category management
• Business planning and execution capability
• A collaborative team player across a business with fast moving, customer driven markets
• Ability to work cross functionally as well as cross culturally as part of a wider global team
• Demonstrates an excellent understanding of, and the ability to articulate theRS ValueProposition
• Strong commercial acumen and broad communication skills
• Positivecan-doattitude, takes ownership and very results oriented
• Outstanding communication and influencing skills
• Understanding of marketing,purchasingand inventory control
• Operational problem solver and good process management capability
• Develop and implement category strategies aligned to business objectives
• Deliver sales, margin, and cost-saving targets
• Identify risks and opportunities to continuously improve category performance
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency in Excel and data analysis tools

We are RS Group.

At RS we’ve 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 that’s exactly how we partner with people – our customers, suppliers, colleagues and communities – to solve problems.

We’ll 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 we’ll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.