Category managers Work, Jobs in Patchway, Gls (with Salaries)

Category Manager
TVS Supply Chain Solutions —Bristol
- Microsoft Office
- Negotiation
Global Category Manager - New Product Development
Rotork —Bath
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Negotiation
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Category Manager
Pilgrim's Europe —Chippenham
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
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Category / Buying Manager
IVC —Bristol
- Hybrid work
- Negotiation
- Employee discount
5d
Buyer
KLA —Newport
- Overtime
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- IT
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
Head of Brand
Pieminister —Bristol
- £75,000 - £85,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hospitality
- Food service
- Marketing
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Assistant Merchandiser - Beauty
Harding+ —Avonmouth
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Merchandising
- Data analysis skills
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
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Strategic Buyer - Measurement & Analytics
ABB Limited —Stonehouse
- Microsoft Excel
- Data analysis skills
- Negotiation
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Advisory Consultant - Procurement
AECOM —Bristol
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Management
- Communication skills
Technical Buyer/ Planner
SYNTEGON —Bristol
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- ERP systems
- Bakery
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10d
Senior Commodity Manager- Valves
Baker Hughes —Nailsea
- Full-time
- Bachelor's degree
- Leadership
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
FM Procurement Manager
Unite Students —Bristol
- Hybrid work
- Management
- In-person
- Negotiation
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
5d
Senior Commercial / Procurement Manager – Defence
Turner & Townsend —Bristol
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Project management
- Continuous improvement
- Mentoring
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Global Commodity Senior Buyer
GKN Aerospace —Bristol
- Employee assistance programme
- Flexible schedule
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Senior Procurement Consultant
AECOM —Bristol
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Management
- Contracts
- Communication skills
Director of Product & Merchandising
Vivobarefoot —Bristol
- Hybrid work
- Merchandising
- Leadership
Procurement Manager
Frontier Resourcing —Bristol
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Continuous improvement
- No degree
- Travel
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National Account Manager
Bestway Group —Bristol
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Organisational skills
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Regional Marketing Manager NGP (Hybrid) Fixed-Term 12-months
Imperial Brands —Bristol
- Temporary
- Analysis skills
- Communication skills
3d
Procurement Manager
Novuna —Trowbridge
- Up to £65,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Negotiation
12d

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Category Manager

TVS Supply Chain Solutions -
Bristol

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Job details

Permanent

Qualifications

CSS
Procurement
Supply chain
Microsoft Office
Supply chain management
Purchasing
Food industry
Negotiation

Full job description

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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