Morgan Law is supporting NHS Commercial Solutions with the recruitment of a Category Manager into their successful and ambitious procurement team. NHS Commercial Solutions (NHSCS) is a collaborative procurement organisation providing strategic procurement services to NHS organisations within Kent, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and further afield. NHSCS has delivered savings in excess of £270 million working in partnership with trusts and with multiple stakeholders to deliver cash releasing savings, cost and quality improvements across a wide range of categories.
As Category Manager within the team your role will be to work across all procurement categories and will provide sourcing, contract management and consultancy services across a wide range of customers. You will be working as part of the team, including Specialist Category Managers and Lead Category Managers.
This strategic role will be a key driver of value for the NHS and wider public sector through delivering projects, frameworks and call off procurements for customers. It will also include engagement with our member NHS organisations and other NHS and public sector customers, across a wide range of stakeholders, based locally, regionally and nationally.
The successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate a background of delivering and achieving results in a public sector setting as well as the ability to work across multiple procurement programmes to improve value and quality for trusts. Ideally you will also be studying for your CIPS qualification.
The role requires 2 to 3 days a week in the Dorking office and the salary band is £43,742 to £50,056.