Hybrid Category Director

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About the role

  • Category Director leading category management for RS Group, developing strategies and managing supplier relationships. Fostering team development and achieving budgeted revenue and margin performance.

Responsibilities

  • Developing the category strategy/business plan aligned with group, regional and local stakeholders enabling targeted profitable growth, customer acquisition and ROI.
  • Supporting the development of senior / C-suite relationships with the most important and strategic suppliers.
  • Accountable for the people management of the category team, supporting their personal development and coaching.
  • Ensuring high potential talent is identified and supported with corresponding personal development plan.
  • Define KPIs and category priorities for the team with associated objectives and review cycle.
  • Taking the lead in managing the cross functional category leadership team supporting the E2E teams and maintaining alignment around the holistic category strategy.

Requirements

  • Demonstrable expertise at managing within a matrix organisation.
  • Experience of both Buying and Product management (Category management) delivering great growth results whilst improving commercial profitability.
  • Successful development and execution of a category strategy that has delivered profitable growth and market share gains.
  • Ability to function effectively across cultures, to think and act appropriately and to communicate and work with people from different cultural backgrounds.
  • Successful supplier management experience, including negotiation expertise.
  • Collaborative team player finding common ground to find a way forward.
  • Strong commercial acumen and communication skills.
  • Proven ability to lead and develop high performing teams.
  • Problem solving capabilities, finding positive solutions from challenging circumstances.
  • Can demonstrate effective working and adaption to a changing environment, quickly accepting and driving the change through themselves and their team.

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible working hours
  • Support for personal development and coaching

Job title

Category Director

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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