Job Description

Permanent - Full time Competitive Salary + Car Allowance + Benefits
Monday - Friday / Hybrid working
Northampton



50110

Are you a strategic and commercially-minded category professional with a passion for Plumbing, Heating, and Renewables?

Are you ready to shape market-leading strategies and drive business performance within a trusted and values-led organisation?


If you thrive on leading people, influencing stakeholders, and developing strong supplier relationships to drive growth and profitability, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact.


As our

Senior Category Manager

, you will create and deliver a clear category strategy for the

Plumbing & Heating

sector, ensuring our proposition meets market needs while empowering our branch colleagues to serve customers brilliantly. You'll play a key role in driving our Group Commercial Strategy, managing supplier performance, and ensuring strong trading outcomes.

Location: You would be expected to travel to our Head Office once or twice a week based in Duston, Northamptonshire.

Key Responsibilities:

Define and implement product category strategies, covering ranging, brand proposition, supplier selection, pricing, and route to market, ensuring alignment with Group objectives. Lead, coach, and develop a small team to deliver on key commercial priorities while fostering skills growth and personal development. Establish strong working relationships across the business with Regional Directors, Operations Managers, and Branch Managers to influence commercial success. Ensure supplier relationships deliver optimal net costs through effective collaboration and relationship management. Act as a key commercial stakeholder, liaising with internal teams such as Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and Sustainability. Support the TP HSE team to maintain high standards across the supply chain, ensuring supplier compliance with Health & Safety standards. Drive innovation by introducing new products aligned with market needs. Support the day-to-day commercial needs across the branch network.

You'll also have:

Significant experience within the

Plumbing, Heating & Renewables

market. Proven experience in

category management

and delivering commercial strategies. Strong people leadership skills, with the ability to set clear goals and support development. Excellent supplier management and relationship-building skills. Advanced negotiation and analytical skills with strong commercial acumen. The ability to influence at a senior level and work cross-functionally to deliver complex projects. A customer-focused mindset, with flexibility and resilience in adapting to change.

What's in it for you?

You'll join a supportive and driven team, empowered to shape the direction of our specialist businesses' marketing strategy. Travis Perkins Group offers industry-leading development and progression opportunities, alongside a great range of benefits:

Competitive performance related bonus Annual Car allowance Save-as-you-earn scheme Buy-as-you-earn scheme Contributory pension scheme Private Medical Insurance Life Insurance Colleague discount across a variety of Group businesses including with special discounts across our Trade Merchants - 20% off at Toolstation

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, 19,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 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!

You be you, it makes us,us!