NHS Professionals are seeking a skilled Category Manager to join team at Worcestershire Acute Hospital Trust in Redditch. This is a 6 month placement with a possibility of a permanent role at the end of it. You will work with the Head of Procurement in the creation, development and delivery of the Directorates' savings schemes. You will be responsible for ensuring the best value for money is achieved from clinically acceptable products.
Duties
- Support the Head of Procurement or Senior Category Manager in ensuring all non-pay spend is governed by and subject to proficient procurement.
- Maintain overall understanding of Trust spend using a variety of data sources including Oracle, Bravo and supplier data to establish a detailed knowledge of Trust expenditure by Supplier, Site, Division, Department & Commodity.
- Engage and work closely with senior stakeholders who provide healthcare and support services to help identify improvements and changes in practice arising from supply market opportunities.
- Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders to maximise Procurement performance and non-pay efficiencies across the Trust.
- Provide expert strategic procurement advise to stakeholders.
Requirements
- Holds a professional procurement qualification or has relevant demonstrable senior procurement management experience.
- Proven experience of procurement/category management within a large organisation.
- Proven experience of category strategy development and approval.
- Demonstrate solid achievement in category management roles and be conversant with information technology.
- Leadership and managerial experience.
- Demonstrable experience of carrying out high value procurements from conception to evaluation and implementation.
NHS Professionals benefits:?
- First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust?- access before they are made available to agency?
- Wellbeing incentives -take advantage of the wellbeing hub
- Competitive pay rates - work this week, get paid next week
- Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go?- access your "My Bank" shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone?
- Essential support when you need it - 24/7 365 days -?Call us anytime?
- Multi-locational - work across neighbouring Trusts
- Varied working options to suit your lifestyle?- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements??
- Training and development opportunities
- Build holiday allowance for every shift you work
- Stakeholder pension scheme available
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months
Pay: £26.83 per hour
Expected hours: 37.5 per week
Experience:
- Category Management: 3 years (preferred)
Work Location: In person