Procurement Category Manager - Corporate

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement in line w

Comprehensive health and wellbeing

NHS Car Lease schemes

Discounts on restaurants, getaways, &/

Job summary

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a Category Manager to lead the procurement function across multiple categories and drive cost efficiency for the Trust. The role involves project managing the tender process, drafting specifications, and conducting market analysis to support contract awards.

You will work closely with clinicians and managers to ensure demand challenges are met, planning and strategy development, evaluation and ongoing contract

Responsibilities

• Project managing the tender process.
• Draw up effective tender specifications and conduct market analysis to support contract awards.
• Deliver procurements across a portfolio of projects delivering high value and cost efficiency.
• Lead reporting and analysis across a range of specialties, functions and projects.
• Manage day-to-day category team operations and ensure compliance with procurement legislation and policies.

Skills

Tender management

Market analysis

Contract management

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Atamis

Job description

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a Category Manager to support the delivery of an effective and efficient procurement service for all procurement categories within the Trust.

The post holder will contribute significantly to the delivery of the procurement function. Applications are sought from across the private and public sector. The successful applicants will bring energy and customer focus to the role. It is important that we recruit the best possible candidate, recognising that innovation and continuous improvement will be key to delivering sustainable NHS services for the future.

You will be responsible for project managing the tender process, to deliver high quality and timely responses, involving key stakeholders. To understand service delivery requirements, you will support the project sponsors to draw up effective tender specifications, and conduct market analysis from a range of options to support an informed decision for contract award.

You will support the delivery of procurements within a portfolio of projects / programme that delivers high value, improved patient care and cost efficiency savings across the Trust, using e-tendering tools (Atamis) to support procurements and to become an expert within this field.

You will work to ensure that clinicians and managers are engaged throughout, to include demand challenge, appropriate planning and strategy development, evaluation and selection and ongoing contract management and review.

You will be required to research and draft correspondence and papers and ensuring the management of specific tasks, lead reporting and analysis across a range of specialties, functions and projects.

You will have responsibility for the day to day management of the category team and will ensure compliance with procurement legislation and DBTHFT policies and procedures (inc. Mandatory training).

You will support the Deputy Head of Procurement in the delivery of the annual Cost Improvement Plan.

DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:

• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.