Category Manager (Procurement)

Orders of St. John Care Trust; Aylesbury; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pension

25 days holidays + Bank holidays (30/5

Life Assurance

My Rewards discounts

Job summary

Orders of St. John Care Trust in the UK is seeking a highly experienced Senior Buyer / Category Manager to drive our procurement strategy across IT, Marketing and HR. You will partner with internal stakeholders to understand requirements, deliver value for money and best practice.

This hybrid role requires two days per week at the Aylesbury office, 37.5 hours per week, and a focus on tendering, supplier relationships and contract management to support our not-for-profit care trust.

Qualifications

• Ideally degree educated and CIPS qualified.
• Strong commercial negotiation skills and ability to develop, draft and manage supplier contracts.
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills with the ability to evaluate proposals from cost and risk perspectives.
• Good understanding of IT, Marketing and HR categories to predict trends and negotiate effectively.
• Able to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment with a can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Partner with key stakeholders to understand medium to long-term requirements.
• Undertake tenders from RFI/RFQ to conclusion.
• Develop supplier relationships to drive innovation and best practice.
• Maximise ROI on spend with third parties.
• Ensure project targets are delivered on time and within budget.
• Manage risks and ensure value for money through negotiations and contractual relationships.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Analytical skills

Commercial awareness

Education

Degree educated

CIPS qualification

Job description

We’re one of the largest not for profit care provider in the UK, specialising in providing high quality, person-centred care for older people, in care homes and extra care housing nationwide.

At OSJCT we care about our residents and we care about each other. That means you’ll enjoy great career development working for an expanding organisation. Because we’re a not for profit trust, we invest every penny we make in the people who live in our homes and the people who work here too. This means better quality care and lovely homes for our residents, along with competitive wages and great training and development for our people.

We provide outstanding care, working closely with leading experts on dementia and elderly care. And we’re currently modernising our portfolio of care homes – refurbishing our existing homes and moving into new, inspiring, contemporary care homes too.

As we expand nationwide, we need more people with the right mix of skills, passion and ambition to help us grow even more.

Category Manager (Procurement)

Hours

Full time 37.5 hours per week

Pay

Up to £60,000 per annum

Location

Hybrid, requiring two full days per week at our office in Aylesbury.

We’re looking for a highly experienced Senior Buyer / Category Manager to support on the delivery of our procurement strategy for our IT, Marketing and HR 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 IT, Marketing and HR 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

We reserve the right to close this role before the closing date, with no advance notice.