VP - RS PRO Product and Business Development EMEA

1 month ago


Corby, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom RS Group plc Full time
About RS Group plc

RS Group plc is a leading digital destination for product and service solutions to help customers with the maintenance, repair, and operation of their businesses.

We provide global access to an unrivalled range of over 750,000 stocked industrial products, with a team of experts delivering solutions to resolve customer challenges across design, procurement, inventory, and maintenance.

Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is to ensure the execution of the RS PRO strategy and refine, build, and improve upon the category management and product strategy, including Quality and business development plans to strengthen and secure growth.

Accelerating the NPI execution and removing barriers to the onboarding process will be important to success.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the product management of the business globally, ensuring products are returning strong ROI and the range of over 80,000 products is optimised fully and performing.
  • Develop and implement strategies to drive growth, revenue, and margin gain, while simplifying complex processes and optimising ROI.
  • Build and maintain relationships with Managing Directors across the EMEA region, supporting peers in the Americas and APAC regions.
  • Evolve the product/category management team through improved processes and working methods, supporting group harmonisation and improvements.
  • Analyse data to understand why we are winning/growing and why we may face challenges, pivoting resources accordingly and creating new strategies to optimise growth.
Requirements
  • A minimum of two of the following background areas and a good understanding of all: Product, Category Management, Supplier Management, Sourcing.
  • Strong all-round experience including two of the following: Finance/P&L management, Business development, Legal, Sales, Brand Management, Continuous improvement, Quality, Economics, Data analyst/Data science, Compliance, Ethics, Consultancy background.
  • Experienced in creating and executing strategies, with strong operations skills and ability to deploy strategy plans into operationally strong growth drivers.
  • Excellent public speaking and presentation skills, currently operating at Director or Senior level.


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