Builders Merchants Journal – BMJ Publishing to Builders Merchants and the UK merchanting industry for more than 95 years
Rex Nye has joined the National Merchant Buying Society as its digital director.
With more than 12 years’ experience working within the builder’s merchants industry, Nye has worked with NMBS as both a supplier and a member.
He is the former managing director of the Nye Group – which includes truss and metal web joist supplier TrussTec, Fixings & Powertool Center, and NYEs Building Supplies. He was also an executive board member of the National Buying Group (NBG) for more than five years.
“As part of my role across the Nye Group, I focused on business strategy from a digital perspective including e-commerce, digital growth and IT systems development,” he says.
“This experience means that I have an understanding around the barriers that can slow or prevent digital change in these types of businesses. Having previously been a supplier and member of NMBS, I’m uniquely placed to help evolve its digital offering in line with the needs of growing and changing businesses.
As a newly created position at NMBS, this appointment signals a new, digital-focused direction for the organisation. As part of his role, Rex will be implementing NMBS’s new digital strategy, developing its data analytics and business insights capabilities, and evolving its B2B Marketplace, OnePlace.
