Rexel UK has an exciting new opportunity to be part of our National Sales & Commercial Bids & Tenders Team.
You will manage the end-to-end commercial pricing bid and tender activity for Rexel UK. You will provide commercial governance, ensure submissions are viable, competitive and financially robust.
As a global leader in electrical wholesale, Rexel distributes advanced electrical and energy-efficient products worldwide. We deliver smart, sustainable solutions engineered to enhance comfort, safety, and security across residential, commercial, and industrial sectors.
We’re looking for fresh thinkers, team players, and positive individuals like you to be part of our journey.
Hybrid working from home and any Rexel branch location
The Benefits of a Career with Rexel:
- Contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Annual Bonus Scheme
- Time Off: 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays, increasing throughout the years too!) You can also buy and sell holiday and enjoy enhanced parental leave
- Support & Development: Extensive learning opportunities from day one.
- Health & Wellbeing: Free virtual GP service, Healthy Mind Champions, and more!
- Perks: Staff discounts, exclusive holiday offers and free financial support and education
Key Accountabilities for a Bid and Tenders Lead with Rexel include:
- Owning and designing the commercial pricing and product strategy for Rexel UKs bid activity.
- Provide commercial insight and challenge to ensure bids are financially viable and contractually acceptable, including go/no-go recommendations based on margin, risk, competitiveness and strategic fit.
- Own bid content inputs by matching products to requirements, resolve gaps, propose substitutions/own-brand alternatives and assess margin impact.
- Implement pricing approach and margin models on potential bids by calculating costs, pricing each line, testing pricing options and benchmarking against the market insight and past bids.
- Act as the commercial lead and main point of contact for bid/tender activity across internal stakeholders and external support partners.
- Drive continuous improvement in the commercial pricing of Rexel UK bids through win/loss tracking, analysis of trends/outcomes, review of scoring/weightings and applying learning from previous submission and outcomes.
At Rexel, we prioritise hiring individuals based on behaviours and potential, rather than requiring specific formal qualifications for roles, the behaviours that will set you up for success within this role include:
- COLLABORATION – Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
- TAKES ACCOUNTABILTY – Takes action, addresses obstacles to get work done and meets commitments
- CUSTOMER FOCUS – Building strong customer relationships & delivers customer centric solutions
- BUSINESS INSIGHT – Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organisation's goals
- DECISION QUALITY - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward
What we’re looking for…
- Strong electrical product knowledge.
- Excellent commercial acumen to assess bid viability, margin, competitiveness, and risk; confident providing clear Go/No-Go recommendations.
- Bid/tender commercial pricing management; end-to-end planning, coordinating inputs, managing reviews and controlling deadlines through to submission.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills with internal teams and external bid support; able to challenge constructively and drive timely decisions.
- Analytical mindset to track win/loss outcomes, identify themes, and translate insight into improvements in commercial bid strategy
At Rexel UK, we actively seek talent with different experiences, background and perspectives because we know that diversity drives fresh ideas and great results.
Working together as one team, we’re building a high-performance culture that not only drives success but also creates real value for our customers and communities.
Creating an environment where individuality is celebrated and creativity flourishes, we're making sure everyone feels supported and confident to be their best.
Skills Required
- Strong electrical product knowledge
- Excellent commercial acumen to assess bid viability, margin, competitiveness, and risk
- Experience managing commercial pricing for bids and tenders end to end
- Ability to plan, coordinate inputs, manage reviews, and control submission deadlines
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Analytical mindset for tracking win/loss outcomes and improving bid strategy
What We Do
Rexel, worldwide expert in the professional multichannel distribution of electrical products and services for the energy world, addresses three main markets - residential, commercial, and industrial. The Group supports its customers to be at their best in running their business, by providing a broad range of sustainable and innovative products, services, and solutions in the field of technical supply, automation, and energy management. Rexel operates through a network of over 1,900 branches in 19 countries, with more than 27,000 employees. The Group’s sales were €19.2 billion in 2023. Over the past five years, Rexel has proven its ability to structurally outperform the growing and increasingly attractive electrical distribution market. The demand in green energy and energy efficiency has boosted the Group’s businesses. On February 11, 2021, Rexel presented its mid-term ambitions. The Group’s strategy relies on a growth, value-creation and ESG ambition approach, via several strategic initiatives: - Accelerating growth through “More Customers, More SKUs, More Digital” - Improving operational and financial performance, in particular through digital - A balanced capital allocation around return to shareholders and investment in future growth. As an example, Rexel seizes any external growth opportunity in order to strengthen its position in certain geographies such as the United States or to add adjacent skills. ESG targets for 2030: - A 35% reduction in CO2 emissions of its operations (scopes 1&2) compared to 2016 - A 45% reduction in CO2 emissions from the use of products sold (scope 3) compared to 2016. 2023 sales: €19.2 billion 19 countries 1,900 branches 27,000 employees
