Category Manager, Corporate/Technology

2 weeks ago


Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time £47,810 - £54,710 per year

An opportunity for an ambitious and career driven procurement professional to join the Procurement Team at the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

About the Trust

HIOW Healthcare unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, the Trust places patients and staff at the centre of everything it does with the goal to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care, improving patient outcomes, driving innovation, and meeting the unique needs of the populations it serves.

Main duties of the job

The main components of the role are:

  • Category strategy and planning; strategically analysing and managing allocated areas of procurement spend to leverage buying decisions
  • Sourcing; buying goods and services to deliver business outcomes
  • End-to-end tendering; including managing a lot of open tenders
  • Contract and supplier management; managing the successful delivery of business outcomes (once sourced)

Whilst the work will be corporate services and technology focused; you will also have the opportunity to work across other procurement category areas to support delivery of the work plan.

The kind of experience are we looking for

  • We are looking specifically for applications from experienced procurement professionals with corporate services or technology category expertise
  • You'll have significant procurement/commercial experience in some or all of the following areas: Knowledge of Strategic sourcing methodologies · Contract Law and dispute resolution · Finance and leasing knowledge · Procurement Law · Public Procurement Regulations
  • You will have delivered a range of competitive exercises (open tender and framework mini competitions) from initial planning to contract award / implementation
  • You'll have a proven track record of working with and building relationships with stakeholders at all levels and the ability to bring them together to agree sourcing strategies and move projects forward

The weekly hybrid working pattern is 2 days a week in the office (Tatchbury Mount on the outskirts of Southampton) and 3 days working from home.

N.B. It is advisable that you have your own transport (the office is 5 minutes from the M27 Ower Interchange with no public transport links).

This an NHS Band 7 position with a salary range of £47,810 to £54,710

Please apply now for further details.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Please kindly note that this recruitment campaign is being managed externally by Morgan Law Recruitment.

CVs sent directly to the Trust will not be considered.



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