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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
1. Running complex FTS procurements, managing multiple senior stakeholders and reporting and presenting as required via Prince 2 methodology in both written and verbal formats.
2. 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.
3. Leading large procurement activities, delivering savings and other optimal outcomes of a tactical (cost reduction) and strategic nature in a challenging healthcare environment.
4. Gaining competitive advantage for NUH by identifying best practice and leveraging the Trust spend within categories.
5. Lead the development of compliant on-line catalogues within Procurement.
6. Seeking out and engaging appropriate internal and external stakeholders at Senior Manager level.
7. Working closely with a central support team to ensure the contracts you let deliver best value to NUH.
8. Supporting the Senior Category Manager with the negotiation and completion of contracts.
9. Promote procurement outside the procurement function and promoting change and development as required.
10. Working under your own initiative and being responsible for making effective decisions for the benefit of the Trust for a range of delegated projects.
11. To be a member of the Procurement Team advising and supporting the Divisional Management Teams on service design and provision.
12. To ensure contract compliance across NUH, pursuing procurement excellence through implementation of efficient and effective procurement projects.
13. To chair or be a member of groups and committees as required.
14. To take ownership for unresolved problems/queries that are escalated and ensure they are resolved in agreed timescales.
15. Imparting skills and transferring procurement and/or product knowledge in order to assist in skills development.
16. 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
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world-class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve.
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
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