Procurement Category Manager

1 month ago


Redditch, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Procurement Category Manager to join our team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. As a key member of our Procurement and Supply Team, you will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of value for money through proactive contract management and robust stakeholder management.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assist in the provision of a procurement service that supports customers in developing opportunities and achieving value for money.
  • Work with the Head of Procurement or Senior Category Manager in the creation, development, and delivery of the Directorate's savings schemes.
  • Ensure that the Trust carries out secure and compliant procurement processes to obtain best value for money in the procurement of all goods and services in support of the achievement of agreed savings targets.
  • Support the development and delivery of sourcing strategies from Trust non-pay spend.
  • Lead OJEU and non-OJEU tender and supplier contracting initiatives for assigned categories within the Procurement work plan using specialist analytical techniques and software to support the delivery of year-on-year cash releasing/cost avoidance savings.
  • Be the point of expert knowledge with regard to third-party spend in particular areas of business, covering suppliers, internal customers, spend categories, contracts, and ongoing related supplier performance management and productivity.
  • Contribute to the production of the annual sourcing work plan to meet key strategic objectives as agreed with Divisions by reviewing overall Trust spend and identifying, obtaining, and recording signed contracts.
  • Contribute to the implementation and development of departmental policies, procedures, and strategies.
About Us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialized hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialized services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch, and Worcester. Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognized as providing good and outstanding patient-centered care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

  • Best services for local people
  • Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
  • Best use of resources
  • Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services, and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organization as a flex-positive employer.



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