Job vacancy: Category Manager, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham

Job summary

Main area

Procurement

Grade

Band 7

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Flexible working
Home or remote working

37.5 hours per week (Hybrid working - up to 3 days home working per week)

Job ref

164-6805083

Employer: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: NUH City Campus
Town: Nottingham
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/01/2025 23:59

Category Manager

Band 7

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The holder of this post will be a Category Manager and accountable to a Senior Category Manager.

The post holder will be responsible for leading specific strategic sourcing projects for defined categories, across NUH and other NHS organizations as required.

Additionally, the post holder will be expected to take a wider customer service role and champion Procurement activity throughout NUH.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The post holder will:

Running complex FTS 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 the Senior Category Manager 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.

To take ownership for unresolved problems/queries that are escalated and ensure they are resolved in agreed timescales.

Imparting skills and transferring procurement and / or product knowledge in order to assist in skills development.

To produce regular capacity and performance reports, verbal and written to Senior Category Manager and / or the Deputy Head of Procurement as required.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria

Member of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), partially qualified or relevant recent equivalent experience
Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD)
Evidence of having undertaken supply chain management training, purchasing procedures workshops and/or additional specialist courses

Desirable criteria

Project Management (Prince 2 Practitioner desirable)

Experience

Essential criteria

Relevant experience in category management (at least 2 years)
Extensive hands on experience of current EU procurement directives and UK legislation
Experience in people management – ability to influence and lead people in a complex and dynamic organisation
Previous commercial experience in the private and/or public sectors (local and central) and good stakeholder management skills

Desirable criteria

Experience of managing complex projects to time and on budget
Experience of applying principles of change management

Communication & Relationships

Essential criteria

Ability to communicate effectively at senior level including to the Trust Board
Well developed interpersonal skills, e.g. influencing and negotiating, team member

Desirable criteria

Demonstrates experience of working with senior staff and/or clinicians

Analytical & Judgement Skills

Essential criteria

Demonstrates the ability to analyse complicated requests and determine the urgency of a situation and act appropriately
Ability to interpret, analyse, communicate and present complex information and evidence based data

Other Skills

Essential criteria

Has a customer focused perspective

Physical Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to concentrate for long periods of time
Able to work in a climate of change

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Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
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