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Category Specialist

4 months ago

Ipswich, United Kingdom Crooton Full time

**Category Specialist**

We’re excited to be working with the Seven Force Strategic Collaboration. The Seven Force Strategic Collaboration Programme was established 2020 and is working across the Eastern Region (Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Kent Police Forces) to develop and implement successful collaborative solutions to protect the front-line local delivery of policing.

The Programme covers a geographic area of more than 9,000 square miles, serving nearly 8 million

residents.

This makes it one of the most ambitious police partnership programmes ever undertaken. This collaboration is responsible for third party spend of approximately £250m per annum, making the Collaboration the second largest police procurement collective after the Metropolitan Police, using its buying power to secure wider social, economic and environmental benefits.

To enable the delivery of effective and efficient police services and provide support for victims in the

eastern region by procuring and managing high quality, value for money contracts; number of

fantastic opportunities have arisen for outstanding procurement professionals.

**The Role**:
Reporting to the Head of Category, if successful you will manage and co-ordinate a variety of sub-category related procurement activity across the team and manage allocated high risk, high value contract procurement. Undertaking procurement activities will include category plans, market research, shaping & development, procurement strategy creation, identification of new contract opportunities, tendering, implementation, and monitoring of procurement contracts across the 7 Forces as directed by the

Head of Category.

**In addition you will**:

- Lead and deliver ‘Strategic Critical’ & ‘Strategic Security’ procurements, within an allocated category
- Ensure the inclusion and promotion of sustainability concepts & innovation into all procurement projects undertaken.
- Ensuring a commercial focus is maintained and value for money is achieved in accordance with legislative requirements, regional and national procurement strategies/policies and 7 Force Contract Standing Orders on all projects delivered
- Manage the sub-category pipeline of work across the 7 Forces, ensuring that procurement projects are appropriately allocated to direct reports, based on project value, risk and complexity
- Utilise category management practices to profile, benchmark, research and assess the market
- Manage and assist in the training and development of procurement specialists and procurement officers
- Promote the provision of a high quality, professional and customer focused purchasing service to all customer departments throughout the 7 Forces

**What will I need ?**

**Key requirements for the Category Specialist role**:

- The post holder will hold MCIPS Level 6 in-line with the CIPS structure guidance or be able to clearly evidence equivalent levels of experience, technical knowledge and expertise by having worked as a leading Procurement professional in the area of Corporate and Operational Services for a complex, public sector organisation. (May consider MCIPS Level 5 for other Procurement Specialist roles that would report to the Category Specialist)
- At least 5 years’ experience in a Commercial role e.g. Category management, Procurement, Purchasing etc
- Experience of managing a team, preferably within a collaborative environment across a number of locations.
- Significant experience of translating business needs into commercial procurement strategies that drive enhanced business outcomes for the organisations as a whole.

**Desirable**:

- Procurement experience with a blue light organisation (Desirable)

**In return the force can offer...**
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Access to the Blue Light Card scheme
- Fantastic personal development routes offered including potential funding for CIPS qualifications
- Free access to force gyms
- Cycle to work scheme

**A full role profile is available upon request**

**Job title**:Category Specialist

**Hours**: Permanent - Full Time (37 hours per week)

**Starting salary**: £43,128 - £56,592 per annum (salary offered will depend on location)

**Location**:Dependent on appointment - Agile working - Some home working but also potential travel required across 7 Forces; Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk

**Job Reference: CTNGJ2309**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £43,128.00-£56,592.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Work from home

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 27/04/2023
Reference ID: CTNGJ2309e