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Category Manager - Plumbing & Heating

£competitive plus benefits

Northampton, Northamptonshire

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Do you thrive in a commercial environment and enjoy negotiating with suppliers? 

Do you have great attention to detail, an ability to multitask and enjoy problem solving? 

If the answer is yes then Travis Perkins are currently recruiting for a Category Manager to join their commercial team. . 
 
Come and realise your potential with a company built on great people and the very best products.

What you’ll do - Category Manager

This is your opportunity to stamp your personality across the Category, supporting the implementation of product category strategies for Plumbing and Heating at the Travis Perkins Group.  You’ll own the customer proposition, you will drive innovation of new products, influence the trading margin and mix - and support the wider Commercial Strategy in growing and managing our product base and business performance
 
Along with the above you will...

- Review trading performance, identifying areas of concern / opportunity and taking appropriate action in line with the category role and intent
- Deliver category pricing and range reviews to optimise category performance
- Define the supply base strategy and management of supplier relationships, to maximise return
- Lead  the negotiation of key supplier trading agreements and oversee accurate input into the rebate management system
- Develop cross-functional and TP Group collaborative relationships across all brands

Is this you?

As the Category Manager for the group you will need to have strong commercial experience gained in a B2B environment either working in a commercial category  management or sales / customer facing role, where you have been responsible for decision making under your own initiative. 
 
The breadth of the role encompasses key supplier trading relationships, ranging and pricing decisions, and so requires someone with strong applied analytical skills using data to drive decisions, with the ability to shape and execute the commercial strategy. 
 
You will have direct responsibility for forging strong and credible relationships with suppliers, so having a collaborative and engaging style is a must.
 
Experience of working within a fast-paced and matrix’d group environment is preferred, as the role requires exceptional communication and influencing skills engaging with a diverse range of stakeholders both internally across the group and externally too.
 
What’s in it for you?

You’ll be supported by some fantastic training and development and have the opportunity to learn, grow and develop across the Travis Perkins Group. 

We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company:
- Competitive bonus
- Save-as-you-earn scheme
- Buy-as-you-earn scheme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Colleague discount across a variety of Group businesses 

A bit about us

As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years.
With over 5 businesses, 16,000 colleagues and more than 1,700 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way!

We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer. We want everyone to be at their best and it’s our ambition that everyone within our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves.
 
You be you, it makes us, us.



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