Senior Procurement Category Manager (Health) - 12 FTC

at  NHS Shared Business Services

What you will be doing Leading, mentoring and supporting a team of buying staff of different levels. Creating, developing, and running a category portfolio of compliant solutions or Framework Agreements. Developing and implementing short and long-term category strategies. Driving uptake of portfolio across the landscape, working alongside key support teams including: Innovation, Implementation, Marketing and Consultancy.
Leading a portfolio of projects, working closely with key partners to influence procurement choice and drives savings and efficiencies and improve quality. Offering procurement support to the customer Service Directorates, Heads of Procurement and Key Leaders on a national footprint. Working with the supplier base ensuring that all aspects are covered within the category from a product, service, and collaborator basis. What you will bring CIPS Level 5 or 6 qualified.
Experience in public sector procurement and compliantly working with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, including relevant policy and guidance. Relevant knowledge of the category and market. Management of teams and resource. Internal/ external collaborator management.
Experience leading procurements under public contracts. It would be great if you had Experience and knowledge of working with the NHS. Understanding and experience of e-sourcing and e-procurement solutions

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