About the Role
This job is with RS Group, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.
Location: Corby (hybrid working). Contract Type: Permanent.
Opportunity
As Category Manager, you will be accountable for developing and executing category strategies that deliver profitable growth, customer acquisition, and strong ROI. Working closely with group, regional, and local stakeholders, you’ll turn strategic plans into actionable results that drive success across EMEA.
Category specialisms: Tools & Maintenance, Power Tools, Hand Tools.
What You Will Be Doing
* Deliver a best-in‑class product offer for our customers by defining the market‑leading brands, latest products, and ground‑breaking technologies that drive growth across EMEA.
* Maintain the supplier and product portfolio including the end‑to‑end product lifecycle.
* Manage a portfolio of key and strategic suppliers, be accountable for supplier management and performance, negotiate contracts and improved commercial terms, and build collaborative relationships internally and externally that help drive growth.
What You’ll Bring
* Strong understanding of product lifecycle management and experience maintaining supplier and product portfolios.
* Proven ability to manage key and strategic suppliers, including performance monitoring and relationship building.
* Skilled in negotiating contracts and commercial terms to deliver improved outcomes.
* Ability to define and deliver a market‑leading product offer, identifying leading brands, latest products, and innovative technologies.
* Excellent collaboration skills to build strong internal and external partnerships that drive growth across EMEA.
* Commercial acumen with a focus on driving supplier performance and achieving business objectives.
About RS Group
We’ve been solving industry problems for over 80 years. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, turning the impossible into the possible. Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world. We offer services and products to over 1.2 million customers globally, shipping a parcel every 2 seconds to over 130 countries.
Rewards & Benefits
We offer market‑competitive base salaries, short‑term incentives, and a total reward package that includes financial, wellbeing, lifestyle, and the Spotlight global recognition programme.
* Financial: pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)
* Wellbeing: medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday/paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership
* Lifestyle: transportation assistance schemes, onsite catering/lunch vouchers, retail discounts
* Spotlight: global recognition programme to highlight people role‑modeling our values
Ready to Make Amazing Happen?
Join ~9,000 colleagues and help us shape the future of our industry. Whoever you are, wherever you are – it all starts here.
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