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.