Category Manager

The Orders of St John Care Trust; Aylesbury; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading not-for-profit care provider in the UK seeks a Highly Experienced Category Manager – Property to enhance their procurement strategy. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring value for money. Ideal candidates will possess strong negotiation and analytical skills along with a solid understanding of the Property category. This position offers competitive benefits and a hybrid work model.

Benefits

Competitive Company pension

25 days holidays plus Bank holidays

Life Assurance

'My Rewards' discounts

Qualifications

• Good understanding of the Property category and supplier networks.
• First-rate commercial negotiation skills and contract management.
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with key stakeholders to understand requirements.
• Undertaking tenders from RFI/RFQ to conclusion.
• Developing supplier relationships to drive innovation.
• Managing risks and ensuring value for money through negotiations.

Skills

Commercial negotiation skills

Strong analytical skills

Strong numerical skills

Understanding of the Property category

Education

Degree educated

CIPS qualified

Job description

JobTitle: HighlyExperiencedCategoryManager–Property

Reportsto: HeadofProcurement

Location: Buckinghamshire - Hybrid Working 2 days in the Office 3 Days from Home

Salary: Up to £60,000 - Depending on Experience

We’re looking for a highly experienced Senior Buyer / Category Manager to support on the delivery of our procurement strategy for our Property category. Partnering with internal stakeholders to understand their business requirements, create and deliver solutions that offer tangible benefits and best value.

We are one of the largest Not for Profit Care providers in the UK specialising in providing relationship-centred care for older people in nursing, residential and independent living homes. As a charity we ensure that any revenue goes straight back into our homes for the benefit of our residents and employees who care for them.

About the role

It is an exciting time to join the Trust as we are making a significant investment in our estate and technology roadmap. To help us achieve efficiencies and minimise waste we will be looking for someone to research, plan and choose a range of goods and services based on business needs and budget.

Some typical duties will include:

• Partnering with key stakeholders to understand their medium to long terms requirements
• Undertaking tenders from RFI / RFQ to conclusion
• Developing supplier relationships that will drive innovation, continual improvement and best practice
• Maximises the ROI on spend with third parties
• Ensuring via collaboration with the business that agreed project targets are delivered to time and budget.
• Managing risks and ensuring value for money through effective negotiations and putting in place appropriate contractual relationships

About you

You will have a good understanding of the Property category so you can confidently predict emerging trends, lean on your existing supplier networks to ensure our negotiations remain competitive.

Ideally you will be degree educated and CIPS qualified. Your commercial negotiation skills will be first rate as well as developing, drafting and managing supplier contracts. Alongside this you will have strong analytical and numerical skills so can confidently evaluate proposals from a cost and risk perspective.

With various transformation activities running across the Trust, you will be able to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and have a “can-do” attitude in order to achieve the end result.

In return, as a key member of the procurement team you can expect benefits such as:

• Competitive Company pension
• 25 days holidays plus Bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service
• Life Assurance
• ‘My Rewards’ offering you discount on shopping, days out, restaurants and much more