Category Manager - Cardiovascular, MES & Services
6 Days Old
NWL Procurement Services ("NWL PS") is part of Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust and provides procurement and supply chain management services across all Members ("NWL Members").
The Category Manager is responsible for supporting the effective management of and the value delivery for the procurement of goods and services across the Cardiovascular, MES & Clinical Services Category. They will actively be responsible for supporting the Head of Category's to ensuring effective development and maintenance of Category Strategies, Category Plan and Commercial Strategy.
The Category Managers will have delegated authority to support Head of Category's with elements of the overall commercial lifecycle, including Category Strategy and Category policy development and understanding NWL Member requirements. This will be done through jointly working with the Head of Category's with the development of Category Management strategies, understanding of the supplier/market landscape, and delivering timely and effective support, guidance, and expertise to businesses.
Visibility and engagement with Trust stakeholders across NWLPS are essential to the success of this role. As such, the post holder is expected to be based in London three days per week, which is reflected in the applicable HCAS
Main duties of the job
o Given delegated authority to support the Head of Category's in the development and maintenance Category Strategy to deliver NWLPS strategy and corporate objectives and to enable maximum aggregation of low-value spend, reduction in sourcing activity (minimising order cycle) and reducing supplier base to enable value to be added by Management activities
o Work with the Head of Category's in developing and maintaining Category plans for key spend areas and transformation programmes
o Responsible for parts of the production of a Commercial Strategy for each sourcing project, including but not limited to, clear sourcing outcomes and definition of contracts to be included.
o Given authority to liaise with end-users to scope and develop Project Initiation Documents (PIDs) to include project outlines, spend baselines (inclusive of NWL PS partner spend), project scope and linking to approved Category Strategy
o Given delegated authority for the management of potential supplier relationships by engaging the supply market early and building rapport/creating collaboration opportunities to support delivery of NWLPS strategy and corporate objectives
o Assist Category Managers in developing robust, fit for purpose and standardised KPIs to be used within the sourcing cycle of Category Procurements.
About us
Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a Category Management role
- Category management strategy initiation, planning and development process leadership Developing ideas for category strategy improvement opportunities within the organisation
- Determining business wide category based opportunities to reduce the TCO of products, equipment and services by clarifying the organisation's business plans that will impact or be impacted by suppliers.
- Knowledge and experience of EU procurement processes, using Government procurement frameworks
Essential
- Negotiation: A skilled negotiator with a broad range of skill sets
- Stakeholder Management: Strong stakeholder management skills, demonstrating ability to engage with stakeholders at multi levels
- Change Management: Understands change management and process improvement with experience in supporting business process / organisational change
Essential
- Professional operational service delivery and business management knowledge
- Post Graduate Diploma or Corporate member in Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) or other appropriate professional institute or relevant experience (by examination).
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a Category Management role
- Category management strategy initiation, planning and development process leadership Developing ideas for category strategy improvement opportunities within the organisation
- Determining business wide category based opportunities to reduce the TCO of products, equipment and services by clarifying the organisation's business plans that will impact or be impacted by suppliers.
- Knowledge and experience of EU procurement processes, using Government procurement frameworks
Essential
- Negotiation: A skilled negotiator with a broad range of skill sets
- Stakeholder Management: Strong stakeholder management skills, demonstrating ability to engage with stakeholders at multi levels
- Change Management: Understands change management and process improvement with experience in supporting business process / organisational change
Essential
- Professional operational service delivery and business management knowledge
- Post Graduate Diploma or Corporate member in Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) or other appropriate professional institute or relevant experience (by examination).
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Central London Community Health Trust
Address
Marylebone Road
London
NW1 5JD
Employer's website #J-18808-Ljbffr
- Location:
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Salary:
- £100,000 - £125,000
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Management & Operations
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