Job Description

Category Manager (RS Pro)

Corby, Northants (Hybrid working)

Are you looking for a step onto the career ladder within Category Management? RS is a fantastic place to grow your career, and if you have experience with Excel reporting and work well with data as well as people, then this could be the opportunity you are looking for\xe2\x80\xa6.

We\'ll be providing training and development, so if you don\'t already have all of the following experience, don\'t worry, we are here to help!

What you will be doing:

The Category Manager plays a key role within RS Group, RS PRO Own Brand team. As part of a Product and Solutions team, working in close collaboration with the extended end to end functions, the Category Manager very much constitutes a focal point of the strategic end-to product Lifecyle with an extended focus on New Product Introductions, pivotal to the organization.

They develop 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. These are developed in close collaboration with the RS PRO team in Compliance, Quality, Ethical and sustainability, the global sourcing team, the local regional stakeholders and the data team - which lead all insights, therefore 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.

The Category Manager is responsible for the full commercial performance of the own brand products within their aligned technology.

You\'ll be responsible for the following processes for the assigned product technologies:

• Product Knowledge
• Range Management
• New Product Introductions
• Product Content & Direction of Marketing to maximise product performance
• Delivery & Reporting on KPI to monitor and improve performance

Deliverables of this role:

• RS PRO NPI Road Map, strategies and business plans
• Supplier range reviews / engagement to maximise growth
• Product range fully aligned to customer needs
• 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:

• Strong analytical skillset and experience in working with Microsoft Excel to produce insights and stories
• Experience of online trading and digital tools
• Good communication skills
• A collaborative team player
• Positive can-do attitude, takes ownership and very results oriented
• Good influencing skills
• Operational problem solver and good process management capability
• Experience of working with an online digital toolset
• Experience of working in a Commercial environment
• Experience of working with Suppliers

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 over 9000 employees worldwide - and we\'ll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.

Are you ready to explore the possibilities?

RS Group