A fantastic opportunity to join the NHS as a Category Manager

Client Details

Every day, teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. They save lives, they improve lives and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.

With more than 18,000 colleagues, they are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond.

NUH are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.

As one of the NHS Trusts identified in the New Hospital Programme, a programme of investment in NHS hospitals, they have extensive plans to improve our hospitals and the services we deliver for patients. As well as the redevelopment of the Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital, plans for a new 70 bed NHS rehabilitation facility set to be built on the Stanford Hall Rehabilitation Estate near Loughborough, are currently going through the approvals process.

Description

The post holder will:

• Running complex OJEU procurements, managing multiple senior stakeholders and reporting and presenting as required via Prince 2 methodology in both written and verbal formats.
• Implementing a category management strategy, delivering effective procurement and supporting the management of key supplier relationships to deliver breakthrough performance in cost, service and quality.
• Leading large procurement activities, delivering savings and other optimal outcomes of a tactical (cost reduction) and strategic nature in a challenging healthcare environment. Accordingly you will be able to demonstrate change management and stakeholder management skills across decentralized business units.
• Gaining competitive advantage for NUH by identifying best practice and leveraging the Trust spend within categories.
• Lead the development of compliant on-line catalogues within Procurement. Implement and action a plan to rationalise the current range of products available through on-line catalogues and manage the ongoing maintenance of this information.
• Seeking out and engaging appropriate internal and external stakeholders at Senior Manager level to provide the information and insight to support the development of the strategic options within categories.
• Where appropriate, working closely with a central support team to ensure the contracts you let deliver best value to NUH through effective supplier management.
• Supporting Senior Category Managers with the negotiation and completion of contracts often of a complex nature to support the category strategy.
• Promote procurement outside the procurement function and promoting change and development as required.
• Working under your own initiative and being responsible for making effective decisions for the benefit of the Trust for a range of delegated projects.
• To be a member of the Procurement Team advising and supporting the Divisional Management Teams on service design and provision.

• To ensure contract compliance across NUH, pursuing procurement excellence through implementation of efficient and effective procurement projects.
• To be a member of the Procurement Team delivering a coordinated work-plan in a timely manner across the Trust and ensuring that procurement best practices are fully represented and best value achieved at all levels.
• To chair or be a member of groups and committees as required by the Deputy Head of Procurement or the needs of the post.
• Imparting skills and transferring procurement and / or product knowledge to Senior Buyers and Buyers in order to assist in skills development.
• To produce regular capacity and performance reports, verbal and written to Senior Category Managers and / or the Deputy Head of Procurement as required.

Profile

• Record of realising sustainable financial savings and cost reduction together with evidence of leading complex procurements which result in tangible business change

• Proven negotiation and influencing skills, both with external supply base and internally with key client stakeholders.

• A strategic thinker with effective planning skills with the ability to translate procurement strategy into deliverable operational results.

• Have experience in analysing data to proactively search and identify opportunities and be able to interpret and present the opportunity to influence decision makers and gain buy-in.

• Have knowledge of PCR 2015 and demonstration of proactiveness in keeping up with the latest legislation for public sector procurement.

• Experience in drafting, negotiating and managing contracts (including processing contract amendments) throughout the whole contract lifecycle, monitoring both supplier and trust performance

Job Offer

The NHS offer a generous range of benefits to employees:

• Salary between £43,742 - £50,056
• £3000 Recruitment & Retention allowance after 1 year of service. Up to £6000 if you already have MCIPS.
• Competitive pension scheme.
• 27 days annual leave minimum plus bank holidays.
• Agile / Hybrid working approach
• Access to many NHS discount opportunities.
• Cycle to work scheme.