Category Manager

1 month ago

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom TVS-SCS Full time
Job Overview

TVS Supply Chain Solutions is seeking a highly skilled Category Manager to join our team at the Team Leidos offices in Bristol. As a Category Manager, you will play a key role in transforming the way the Ministry of Defence works by delivering end-to-end supply chain services and driving commodity and inventory savings.

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced professional to work in a hybrid model of three/four days working from home and one/two days in our offices in Emersons Green, Bristol each week. Therefore, you must be located within reasonable commuting distance to Bristol.

Key Responsibilities
  • Capture and analyse data on the existing supply chain, commercial markets, and potential new entrants to the market.
  • Create and maintain strategy plans, working with all stakeholders to deliver 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 drive out cost.
  • Hold specific commodity expertise and manage categories that are key to their strengths.
  • Participate in routine cross-functional efforts within CSS.
  • Collaborate 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.
  • Track and report progress against Cost Base Reduction (CBR).
  • Identify suppliers with the best capability to satisfy customer requirements.
  • Collaborate with suppliers through direct engagement to clearly communicate customer requirements and understand supplier constraints compared with customer requirements, to contract for the best possible result from suppliers and ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Assure 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
  • 5 years' experience in a relevant Purchasing/Supply Chain environment.
  • 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.

In return for your hard work, we offer excellent career progression opportunities and a professional environment where you can acquire, use, and continue developing your skills.

Your package will include:

  • Competitive Salary and pension scheme with life assurance.
  • 25 Days Holiday (plus 8 statutory Bank Holidays).
  • Holiday buy-back scheme (5 days).
  • Employee Assistance Programme supporting wellness with immediate access to:
  1. GP consultation and second opinions.
  2. Mental health support.
  3. Financial and Legal support.
  4. Wellbeing and healthy living support.
Employee referral scheme with financial reward.Professional Membership and Study Sponsorship.Pass scheme (£100 to undertake training of your choice).

At TVS Supply Chain Solutions, we encourage and support our employees to realise their potential. They are empowered to take initiative, and achieve high impact results that really make a difference to our business and our customers.

The successful candidate will be required to go through a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance.

About TVS:

TVS Supply Chain Solutions are specialists in receiving, processing, and managing the flow of raw materials, individual components, and spare parts for a range of manufacturers within the automotive, beverage, industrial, and defence markets.

Operating from six bespoke centres across the UK plus a number of strategic facilities across Europe, Asia, and the USA, TVS SCS is owned by TVS Logistics Investment which is part of the $6bn TVS Group and has ambitious plans for global expansion.

Determined to be different, our specialist services set us apart as a market-leading 4PL provider. Our tailor-made options include: inventory management; funding and control; supplier management; warehousing; packaging; inbound and outbound transport and logistics; same day delivery; kitting; sequencing; IT software for planning and costing and creation of technical product literature.

If you require any adjustments to allow you to take a full and active part in the selection process, please notify us as part of your application. Please note TVS Supply Chain Solutions is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

TVS have signed the Armed Forces covenant and are a forces-friendly employer.

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