Product Category Manager
1 week ago
**Category Manager / Product Manager**
**Ammanford**
KBB Recruitment are pleased to be supporting a successful Builders Merchants based in South Wales looking for an exceptional, commercially-driven individual to at as Product Category Manager for their Lightside Product Categories. Plumbing and **Heating knowledge, Kitchens and Bathrooms (including electrical appliances) will be essential**for this position.
Reporting to Head or Procurement, duties will include:
**Procurement**:
- Build a regional knowledge base of preferred plumbing and heating brand used by installers and procure a range product profile to fit this demand.
- Ensure thorough awareness of market trends by monitoring the activity of industry competitors.
- Negotiate with, and place purchase orders with company suppliers for centrally
- bought stock and arrange distribution to branch network, either by supplier or via Branch transport.
- Identify and create core kitchen and bathroom ranges by SKU on the buying computer system to reduce special orders.
- Identify core electrical appliance packages by brand to focus branches on rationalised buying to achieve incentivised prices and rebates.
- Supervise the buying of branch-based K & B purchases, and place central orders for this stock when required.
- Negotiate additional support and claim backs for boilers, reporting monthly on all deals made to accounts to collect funds and redistribute support to branches.
- Meet with supplier representatives to assist in achieving these objectives.
- Create and maintain database of existing and prospective suppliers for product groups not covered by Buying Group.
- Respond to Buying Group pre-negotiation enquiries
- Maintain up to date and complete supplier price list files and buying terms
**Stock control**:
- Rationalise and maintain stock profiles for each supplier based on branch type and demand.
- Work with the Operations Manager to clear withdrawn stock, seeking supplier support to do so.
- Work with Kitchens and Bathrooms Operation Manager to procure displays for new and re-modelled showrooms securing FOC displays where possible.
- Review stock profiles to eliminate stock duplications whilst maintaining installer integrity.
- Recommend amendments to price structure within stock profile to maximise revenues.
- Identify gaps and opportunities in company stock profile and recommend to Head of Procurement additional individual products or ranges.
- Act as primary buying contact for Buying Group deals and compliance with our responsibilities to meet Buying Group stock profiles.
- Together with Head of Procurement introduce new product ranges, or changes of supplier, to company stock profile, and co-ordinate stock cleanse where applicable.
**Salary : Negotiable depending on experience.**
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