Supplier Manager

We have a great opportunity for a Supplier Manager to join our experienced & strategic electronics supplier manager team.

The Supplier Manager is responsible for managing and leveraging the full potential of our suppliers to deliver accelerated growth. They develop and leverage close supplier partnerships to generate profitable growth and drive supplier engagement at all levels of the organisation.

This is a permanent Hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work from home and working in our Corby or London office twice a month.

About the role

• Full ownership and responsibility for the commercial performance of assigned suppliers across portfolio.
• Deliver on KPIs
• Work closely with Portfolio Managers, Supplier Marketing and Digital Content to establish effectively targeted campaigns, content enrichment and more to grow customer acquisition and profitable sales whilst managing supplier support
• Collaborate and coordinate efforts across regions and local markets.
• Influence NES and NPS scores

What we’re looking for

• Successful track record in product/category management or related functional discipline
• Marketing, purchasing and/or inventory control knowledge
• Educated to degree-level or equivalent
• A collaborative team player across a business with fast moving, customer driven markets
• Strong influencing skills
• Successful supplier relationship management
• Strong commercial acumen, highly results oriented
• Strong ability to drive execution and growth through cross-functional initiatives and processes
• Ability to develop and execute long term business strategies to support profitable growth over a period
• Positive can-do attitude, takes ownership

We are RS Group

RS Group is a global integrated omni-channel solutions partner for industrial B2B customers who design, build, and maintain industrial equipment and operations.  We are a FTSE 100 company with £2 billion in revenue, operating in 32 countries, shipping 60,000 parcels a day to over 1.2 million customers worldwide.

Our Vision is to be first choice for all our stakeholders, and we know that starts with our people. At RS we want everyone to show up to work as themselves and know that they will be supported and encouraged to develop and grow. We want work to be a place that excites and empowers, a place where you can be passionate and challenge people to think differently. 

We want to hire the best talent, people who share our values and understand that when we act with respect and humility, we can do great things.  That’s why we’ve put our purpose at the heart of our organisation, we want to make amazing happen for a better world. We empower our people to make a difference, innovate to make more possible and deliver to make it happen.

RS Group Brands:  RS, Allied Electronics & Automation, RS PRO, OKdo, DesignSpark, IESA, Synovos, Needlers and Liscombe.

Are you ready to explore the possibilities?