Category Manager

Job ID: 42971
Job Function: Category Management
Job Term: Permanent
Job Region: Bristol
Posted Date: 30 Mar 2026

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.

Job Location

Bristol

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