Senior Category Officer

1 month ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Full time

NWSSP are advertising for 2 Senior Category Officers in the All Wales National Sourcing Team. The post holders will be required to work as part of busy national category sourcing team. They will have an independent workload to deliver and be required to support senior and junior members of the team as required.

**Essential success criteria are as follows**:

- Form relationships with key stakeholders and team members
- Commercial awareness and ability to manage suppliers
- Demonstrate use of initiative to propose service improvements
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to deliver against tight timescale

If you’re looking for a career in Procurement that keeps you motivated, offers potential for personal development and puts you in a position to make a positive difference to the NHS in Wales, then NWSSP Procurement Services has a career that will interest you.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we have high standards and expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening & Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility & Innovating, whilst ensuring trust, honesty and compassion are implicit in everything that we do.

We are adaptable, agile and flexible and pride ourselves on being a learning organisation - one where it is safe to make mistakes, where blame is replaced by opportunity, learning and improvement. Innovation is built into everything that we do.

We recognise our people regularly and have an Appreciation Station, to encourage staff to applaud exemplary behaviour in one another, alongside an Annual Staff Recognition Award ceremony aligned to our values.

We respect and value our people and strive for a culture of compassion and inclusivity. We are a bilingual organisation, and we have a team of Change Champions who advocate ‘This is Our NWSSP’ our principal change programme. Similarly, PROUD is our new staff network welcoming LGBT+ colleagues and allies to come together in a safe space for discussions, event planning and the opportunity to build supportive networks.

We have a comprehensive benefits package where there is something for everyone, supporting health, engagement and wellbeing and includes an Employee Assistance Programme. We have over 30 Mental Health First Aiders and work in partnership with local and national organisations to ensure the well-being and resilience of our people.


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