Job role: Supplier Manager
Location: North Ferriby, GB, HU14 3BQ
Work Location: Hybrid
RS Safety Solutions, part of RS Group, is the UK’s leading supplier of PPE, safety, and hygiene products to the food manufacturing industry. With customers of all sizes in almost every food sector, our success is based on exceptional customer service, a tailored supply chain and an extensive, well priced product list.
Responsibilities
This is a critical role for our organisation where your primary activity will be meeting with suppliers and developing partnerships to become first choice for our defined strategic suppliers. There should be strong engagement with the sales community, with regular customer visits being a component of the role.
Delivering commercial benefit from ongoing review of supplier pricing agreements, commercial term negotiations and gaining price support for specific customers / opportunities are also critical activities to contribute towards achieving the required profitable growth ambitions within the category.
Qualifications
- Successfultrack recordin supplier/account or category management
- Business planning and execution capability
- A collaborative team player across a business with fast moving, customer driven markets
- Ability to work cross functionally as well as cross culturally as part of a wider global team
- Demonstrates an excellent understanding of, and the ability to articulate theRS ValueProposition
- Strong commercial acumen and broad communication skills
- Positivecan-doattitude, takes ownership and very results oriented
- Outstanding communication and influencing skills
- Understanding of marketing,purchasingand inventory control
- Operational problem solver and good process management capability
- Develop and implement category strategies aligned to business objectives
- Deliver sales, margin, and cost‑saving targets
- Identify risks and opportunities to continuously improve category performance
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment
- Proficiency in Excel and data analysis tools
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