Category Manager - Generalist

Cedar Recruitment are delighted to be helping source an experienced Public Sector Procurement professional, to work for an NHS organisation who provide services to the wider NHS such as collaborative procurement support, bid and tender support, supply chain improvements, and a range of specialist projects.

The role will be working as a Lead Category Manager (Band 7) across the Non-Clinical Spend and the successful person will come in to work with the Specialist Category Manager and Lead Category Manager to deliver cost and efficiency savings to our customer trusts. The role holder will be efficient and capable, providing exceptional category support to our procurement specialists.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support sourcing, procurement and contract management projects across the departments
• Track savings and quality improvement benefits to NHS Trusts to deliver best value to the NHS.
• Report data and information using presentations, charts, pivot tables using agreed formats and protocols.
• Support the project management of complex procurement activities from end to end including market anaylsis to contract award
• Develop contract renewal workplans within the Category.
• Co-ordinate contract compliance activities for each category project across all member Trusts to ensure long term sustainability and safe compliance.
• Work through the customer base to ensure that personal contact is maintained with stakeholders
• Undertake supplier and customer market research to support the development of Strategic sourcing strategies such as collecting and collating information regarding supplier performance.
• Conduct analysis to support individual procurement projects and assess impact on budgets for Trusts.

Essential Experience

• CIPS qualification is required or you at least must be working towards it
• At least 3 years' experience within Category Management is required
• NHS or Public Sector experience is required including experience of working to PCR2015
• Working knowledge of running procurement's across a wide range of categories is required
• You MUST be able to get into Surrey 3 days per week

If you are keen to be considered for this role and have the relevant experience required then please click apply and one of the team will be in touch to discuss the role in greater detail.