Procurement Category Manager

NHS Jobs; Colchester (VT); On-site; USD 61,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

generous pension scheme

unsocial hours payments (where appl ic

27 days annual leave on commencement (

access to a range of NHS discounts

training and development opportunities

flexible working options

Staff Health and Wellbeing programme

Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for a full-time Procurement Category Manager. You will lead strategic sourcing and category management across clinical and non-clinical procurement, acting as main contact for divisions and deputising when required, across ESNEFT sites.

The role requires leading complex procurement processes, ensuring commercially sound arrangements and delivering efficiencies.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement leadership is desirable.
• Ability to lead complex procurement processes and embed category management principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, communicate and embed strategic sourcing and category management across procurement for clinical and non-clinical categories.
• Lead complex procurement processes ensuring commercially sound arrangements and best interests of the Trust.
• Identify opportunities to improve quality and reduce costs across Trust-wide non-pay spend.

Job description

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust are excited to be able to offer a full time post for a Procurement Category Manager. The Category Manager will be responsible for providing a range of procurement activities, deputising for the Line Manager/Senior Manager as required and assisting in the provision of a cost effective, efficient and responsive service, ensuring customer service levels are established and maintained to a high standard on a client / service provider basis. You will be based in the Procurement department and will be required to come in either Colchester or Ipswich Hospital sites, working across all ESNEFT sites as directed by project and workload.

Main duties of the job

To design, communicate and embed strategic sourcing and category management principles across the procurement team in both clinical and non-clinical categories. Be the main point of contact for specific Division(s) and liaise with colleagues across the Procurement Team to enable the client from the Division to receive appropriate support and advice. Lead complex procurement processes and ensure that arrangements are commercially sound and represent the best interests of the Trust. Assess opportunities and deliver efficiencies and savings through procurement projects as appropriate. Apply considerable professional judgment when leading on specific procurement activity and when advising senior managers, colleagues, staff and customers on the resolution of complex and strategic procurement issues, in accordance with procurement obligations / regulations including the Procurement Act 2023. Lead in identifying areas to improve quality and reduce costs on Trust wide non pay spend.

Working at ESNEFT

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on sponsorship we are unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold. Full guidance on sponsorship can be found Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK In line with AfC Terms and Conditions new entrants to NHS will commence on the entry level of the salary.

• generous pension scheme
• unsocial hours payments (where applicable)
• 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata)
• access to a range of NHS discounts
• training and development opportunities
• flexible working options
• our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services