Category Analyst

Sitec a Belcan Company are seeking a Category Analyst for our client in the Marine and Technology sector in Plymouth Devon. This is a contract role estimated at 9 months in duration.

Our client is a leader in a range of engineering and technical skills in providing through-life services and deep maintenance to the Royal Navy's major warships and nuclear-powered submarines; naval base services, equipment manufacture and logistic support services and design and technology-led program's.

Main Purpose of Role

In support of Sub-Category Leads, the Category Analyst is responsible to gather and analyse data in support of definition and implementation of the optimal strategies for clearly defined spend categories.

Objectives for this role will include:

Collating Project and Business Unit requirements, including those driven by the future bid pipelineAnalysing category expenditure and supply markets to provide unique insight to the Category Manager and team

Required Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Competences:

Category ManagementBuilds an in-depth knowledge of the supply markets for the particular category, including input costs & cost drivers, total cost of ownership (TCO), supply-side & demand-side market trends, regulation, barriers to entry and overall market competitivenessUses this data analysis to input into the category strategy in order to take maximum advantage from supply chain decisions and mitigate any future supply chain risksGathers detailed BU usage and specification data required to produce effective ITT and RFx documentation that can be released to the market, and in support of fact-based negotiationsProduces the cost and evaluation models that enable the Category Manager/Specialist to assess the relative merits of the suppliers' offersBuilds a deep understanding of the supply base, including their future strategy, growth plans, financial performance and competitive threatsOwns and maintains supplier segmentation data and collating the contract performance data and other inputs required to ensure successful strategic supplier engagementsMaintains the suite of KPIs and reports required to effectively manage the performance of the pan-divisional contracts

Key Technical Skills and Experience:

Provision of accurate and right first time informationProviding information proactively to support and provoke the Category Management teamsConverting data into unique insight through robust analytical tools
Qualifications:

Qualified to degree level or equivalentProven experience of working with large data sets, building complex analytical models and extracting insightful dataBasic knowledge of core procurement processesExperience of analysing public financial, supply market and supplier dataInterested in pursuing a career in strategic procurement

Business Skills & Knowledge:

• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• High levels of business acumen and a keen awareness of current business trends and issues
• Ability to simplify complex concepts and information for presentation to stakeholders at all levels
• Highly self-motivated and delivery focussed

Must have a background that will allow Security Clearance to be obtained

This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan