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TVS are operating as part of Team Leidos, a team of defence and logistics specialists, supporting a major transformation contract, providing an end-to-end supply chain service, delivering commodity and inventory savings to the UK Ministry of Defence.
Category Managers are the glue that hold this process together, they strategically manage the timeline for the programme and when to implement the buy process. They deliver savings to the end customer, the MOD, which makes a difference to the efficiency of our Armed Forces.
The role of Category Manager is to professionally challenge the norm, to be confident in their ability to provide the best procurement advice, in a very dynamic work environment, operating at high pace and tempo.
This is a hybrid role based at offices in Emersons’ Green at least one day a week, with the rest of the time working from home. This can change depending upon the demands of the contract, so you need to be comfortable with the commute.
Job Responsibilities
Supplier Management
- Leverage your skill as a procurement professional to identify supplier development opportunities including supplier assessment, collaboration, engagement, performance management and measurement.
Data Analysis
- Consulting with all stakeholders to capture data relating to the commercial viability of existing supply chains.
- Disseminate data to create a strategic plan to deliver cost base reductions and improve product availability.
Continuous Improvement
- Identify and implement continual improvement tasks with suppliers to implement best practises, best value, and lower costs.
Qualifications and Skills
- The ideal candidate will have previous experience in a relevant purchasing or supply chain environment, educated to degree level or equivalent, in a relevant discipline.
- The best Category Managers are proven stakeholder managers with a professional and ethical approach, they can persuade, influence, and negotiate at all levels, they also have a great understanding of supply chain management and procurement.
- We support professional CIPS qualifications if you are not already accredited, we recruit people who want to learn and develop
About us
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:
- 6% matched defined contribution pension scheme
- 25 Days Holiday (plus 8 statutory Bank Holidays)
- Holiday buy-back scheme (up to 5 days available in a holiday calendar year)
- Group life assurance policy that pays out 2 x your basic salary to your nominated beneficiaries in the event of your death.
- Employee Assistance Programme supporting wellness with 24/7 access to: GP consultation and second opinions, mental health support, financial and Legal support, 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 we encourage and support our employees to realise their potential. They are emowered to take initiative and achieve high impact results that really make a difference to our business and our customers.
The successful candidate will be vetted at Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance level.
