Senior Category Manager

NHS; Frimley; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK seeks a Senior Category Manager to oversee strategic procurement initiatives across multiple sites. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in category management, strong analytical capabilities, and the ability to manage complex projects while maintaining stakeholder relationships. Competitive salary offers with opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Member of CIPS or equivalent.
• Evidence of CPD related to purchasing and supply chain management.
• Experience of working with NHS Terms and Conditions of Supply.

Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic procurement initiatives across allocated categories.
• Ensure compliance with legislation and Trust's financial instructions.
• Manage and deliver projects effectively.

Skills

Project management

Advanced IT skills

Analytical skills

People management

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree or equivalent

CIPS membership or equivalent

Management qualification

Job description

This post is primarily based at the Archipelago Offices, located approximately a 10-minute walk from Frimley Park Hospital.

Although the main base is Archipelago, this is a cross-site role with responsibilities across all three of the Trust's hospital locations. The post holder will therefore be required to work flexibly and travel between sites as needed.

The role includes direct line management responsibility for one member of staff. The post holder will also be expected to develop strong and effective working relationships across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

Internal stakeholders include:Executive and Non-Executive Directors, Audit Committee Members, Chiefs of Service, Associate Directors, Budget Holders and wider Trust staff.

External stakeholders include:Department of Health, NHS Improvement, NHS Supply Chain, Crown Commercial Service, NHS Commercial Solutions (and other NHS and non-NHS procurement hubs), as well as suppliers' National Sales Managers, Regional Sales Managers, Commercial Business Managers and Account Managers.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Category Manager is responsible for delivering strategic procurement initiatives across an allocated portfolio of sourcing categories, ensuring full compliance with relevant legislation, UK law and the Trust's Standing Financial Instructions. The post holder will provide efficient and effective procurement services within their designated categories, maximising value for money through process improvement, robust sourcing strategies and total cost of ownership analysis.

The Senior Category Manager will report directly to the Head of Procurement and will act as deputy when required.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership - and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Job responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Member of CIPS or equivalent
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Evidence of CPD related to purchasing and supply chain management
• Project management (PRINCE2 or equivalent)
• An appropriate professional and/or management qualification

Experience

• Significant experience of Category Management role
• Demonstrable experience of running capital/professional services procurement projects
• Evidence of achievements in terms of savings/service improvements
• Experience in people management
• Experience of working with senior staff
• Experience of working with the NHS Terms and Conditions of Supply

Skills/Knowledge

• Ability to effectively manage and successfully deliver a number of projects of varying complexities with competing timescales
• Able to work on a number of projects or pieces of work simultaneously and deliver to agreed deadlines, despite likely conflicting pressures from various stakeholders
• Ability to analyse and interpret complex information to assess issues, anticipate problems and provide effective solutions to meet the needs of stakeholders
• Demonstrable advanced IT skills including specialist software for contract management, e-tendering, mathematical, logical formulas and to generate accurate charts/graphs
• Ability to work autonomously with credibility at a senior level of the organisation
• Developed knowledge of Microsoft products and able to use initiative and knowledge of these products to suggest and implement process improvements

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£57,888 to £64,880 a yearper annum incl HCAS