ARE YOU A PRODUCT-OBSESSED PROBLEM SOLVER?

Do you love discovering the next big product before your competitors do?
Can you balance forecasting, sourcing, and category strategy like a pro?
Are you passionate about driving product innovation while keeping a close eye on profitability?
If you answered yes—KBC Tools & Machinery is looking for you! We’re on the hunt for a Category Manager who thrives in a fast-paced environment, thinks strategically, and takes full ownership of the product lifecycle—from concept to web catalog.
Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, working in our Sterling Heights, MI branch, Monday to Friday, 8 hours per day, this in-person role puts you at the heart of our product strategy—identifying opportunities, improving costs, launching new items, optimizing inventory, and collaborating with teams across North America. You’ll be part strategist, part buyer, part trend-spotter, and all-in on execution.

WE ARE

KBC Tools, Inc. - we are a team dedicated to getting our clients what they need, when they need it, and keeping the USA and Canada manufacturing one tool at a time. We’ve been in business since 1965, and we have tens of thousands of clients in the M.R.O. industry with a specialization in metalworking.
Our clients rely upon us every day, and we give them what they need at great prices and fast & friendly service. It’s easy with over 100,000 industrial items in stock, in our web catalogue and online. KBC is a one-stop shop for those in the metalworking and M.R.O. world with a full offering of: Abrasives, Cutting Tools, Carbide Tooling, Fluids, Measuring & Inspection, Toolroom Accessories, Hand Tools, Shop Supplies, Power & Air Tools, and Industrial Machinery. Whether you are looking for a ¼-20 Tap, Ball End Mill, Reversible Air Drill, Machinist Clamping Set, Lathe Chuck, Drill Chuck, Fly Cutter, Vises or a new Lathe, Grinder, or CNC Milling Machine – KBC has got you covered for all your industrial needs – ALL METAL…ALL THE TIME!
We compete in the industrial world with local competitors like PTS, E&R Industrial, as well as national houses such as Fastenal, MSC Direct, and Grainger with a strong combination of in-depth inventory of name brand and world class products and a huge commitment to customer service so that our clients know that they can rely upon us day in and day out.
We take care of every order to ensure that we do what we say and say what we do. Our business is not based on getting that one BIG order but ensuring that our clients keep on coming back…and they do! That’s why we’ve been doing what we’ve been doing now for over 60 years.