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. Main Duties and 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. ..... full job details .....