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Category Manager

Category Manager

TVS-SCS • Bristol
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Permanent
Job description

Job Overview

Purpose:

To deliver a Cost Base Reduction (CBR) committed to the Authority through the development of a cost-effective, commercially-driven supply base, and meets the requirements for Governance and availability.

Job Responsibilities

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Capture and analyse data on the existing supply chain, the commercial markets and potential new entrants to the market.
  • Based on the data analysis, create and maintain strategy plans, working with all stakeholders to deliver the CBR and availability requirements .
  • Capture all documentation developed by Commodity, Category, and Acquisition and Contracts Management, required to support the tendering of the Category requirements.
  • Identify and enact Supplier Development opportunities that add value to the Authority, Supplier and Team Leidos Support Chain and which drive out cost.
  • Hold specific commodity expertise and manage categories that are key to their strengths.
  • Participate in routine cross-functional efforts within CSS.
  • Collaborating with all stakeholders for data gathering and analysis to update the Category Strategy
  • Develop and prepare commercial product specifications.
  • Develop and disseminate document packs that consolidate all the information for a specific category in order that the strategy can be enacted and tendered by Acquisition and Contract Management .
  • Conduct basic supplier assessment to ensure the suppliers proposed to Acquisition and Contract Management are of sound standing both commercially and financially.
  • Responsible for creating document packs for their Categories in conjunction with all Stakeholders.
  • Identify areas in which improvements could drive out cost .
  • Implement continual improvement tasks with suppliers to implement best practises, best value and lower costs.
  • Tracking and reporting progress against Cost Base Reduction (CBR).
  • Identifying suppliers with the best capability to satisfy customer requirements.
  • Collaborating with suppliers through direct engagement to clearly communicate customer requirements and understand supplier constraints com¬pared with customer requirements, to contract for the best possible result from suppliers and ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Assuring a disciplined approach for visibility of the right supplier performance metrics to optimise the support chain.
  • Identify additional opportunities and actively develop mutually profitable relationships with suppliers
  • Participate in every review of the Supplier Scorecards so as to nurture our supplier relationships.
  • Support Strategic Supplier negotiations

Qualifications and Skills

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

  • 5 years’ experience in a relevant Purchasing / Supply Chain environment. Preferred experience in food industry but not essential.
  • Ideally educated to HND / Degree Level Qualification in relevant subject, MCIPS qualified or working towards, or equivalent qualification.
  • Professional and Ethical in Approach.
  • Proven ability to persuade, influence and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Excellent Communicator at all Levels across all Media.
  • Good Understanding of Supply Chain Management and Procurement, including Best Practise Purchasing and Sourcing Tools and Techniques.
  • MS Office.
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