Category Manager - Estates & Facilities | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

st georges nhs trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Greater London is seeking an experienced Category Manager to lead procurement for the Estates & Facilities Category. This role focuses on managing non-pay expenditure and developing sourcing strategies to enhance services and efficiencies across the NHS. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with suppliers and NHS Trusts, achieving critical cost-saving targets. This position is vital in supporting high-quality patient care and operational performance improvements within the Trust.

Qualifications

• Experience in category management and procurement within the NHS.
• Ability to develop sourcing strategies for non-pay expenditure.
• Proven track record of delivering cost savings in a procurement context.

Responsibilities

• Manage non-pay expenditure for the Estates & Facilities Category.
• Provide strategic advice to the four main Acute NHS Trusts.
• Achieve key performance and efficiency targets while delivering cash releasing savings.

Job description

This is a great time to join our expanding procurement team in a time of innovation and change. A vacancy has arisen for a Category Manager within the Estates & Facilities Category, to collaboratively manage non-pay expenditure, and to assist in the development of sourcing strategies to deliver value-for-money and improved services for our patients.

The team is committed to working constructively and collaboratively with our suppliers in developing value adding opportunities, and harnessing the potential for our supply chain to support the Trust in delivering better care to our patients and in improving operational performance and efficiency.

As the Category Manager, you will provide a proactive category management and procurement service to the 4 main Acute NHS Trusts across South West London, covering strategic advice and operational matters, operating as a recognised, trusted and influential business partner and ensuring that the service is efficient, cost effective and responsive to the changing needs of South West London and wider NHS. This role also involves you delivering demonstrable cash releasing savings annually as part of the services’ cost improvement programmes and meeting key performance and efficiency targets.

St George’s Hospital is one of four major trauma centres for London, and home to hyper acute stroke and heart attack centres. We operate one of London’s four helipads, which means that we treat some of the most unwell and severely injured patients from across the south of England. We are one of London’s largest children’s hospitals, with one of only four paediatric trauma units in London.

This advert closes on Sunday 11 Jan 2026