Strategic Procurement Category Manager -Employment, career opportunity in Uk

Job Title:  Strategic Procurement Category Manager
Job Type:    Permanent
Location:    Stoke-On-Trent
Start Date:    asap
Salary:    Up to £35K plus benefits
Ref No:    16335-JS-269902-SW
Date Posted:    20th Sept 2013

About us:
NHS SBS is a unique joint venture between the Department of Health and Steria.
Our range of business support services can save the NHS more than 3 billion over the next five years.
Established in 2005 as a unique joint venture between Steria and the Department of Health, we are now the UK's leading provider of business services to the NHS.
Using a shared services business model, we're achieving huge economies of scale and demonstrating both innovation and best practice and are on target to deliver around £224 million savings over 10 years.
Role Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the NHSSBS successful strategic procurement function. Your role will be pivotal in the engagement of key stakeholders within a newly engaged Trust, whilst developing category strategies and delivering significant cash releasing benefits and non-cash efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver a portfolio of projects as agreed with NHS SBS client stakeholders, on time and to their expectations.
• To take the lead in this portfolio of projects as directed by the Trust Procurement Manager and become a subject matter expert.
• To consistently meet best value for money by the effective sourcing of goods and services and to ensure that key performance objectives are identified and strategies are in place to enable procurement performance to be monitored across the health economy/category area.
• To maximise contract compliance and to ensure that all procurement activities are in accordance with legislation, EU Procurement Directives, environment and sustainability requirements.
• To be responsible in conjunction with the Trust Procurement Manager for the developing, implementing, monitoring, and reviewing of procurement strategies for allocated strategies through detailed demand/market analysis to ensure continual improvement and innovation in service delivery.
• Awareness of national developments within the NHS and developments in the market place for which the category manager is responsible.

Essential Skills

Procurement knowledge including negotiation skills, knowledge of strategic sourcing methodologies, knowledge of supply chain, contract law, dispute resolution processes.
Statistical and data analysis skills.
Knowledge of market areas related to specific work categories.
Exceptional interpersonal skills and stakeholder influencing skills.
Finance and leasing knowledge. Business development and marketing plans.
Business accounting.
EU procurement law. Legislation including Competition Act, TUPE, Race Relations, Data Protection, Freedom of Information, Operates to Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply code of ethics.
The post holder, in conjunction with the Trust Procurement Manager will understand and develop procurement strategies and foster stakeholder relationships to bring this expertise to these strategies.
Broad category knowledge in the area responsible for (broad Indirect spend area's), in all aspects of the market. IT skills, including e-sourcing systems, word, excel to be used in the publication and management of procurements.

Desirable:
Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) or appropriate professional institute or relevant experience.
Project management (Prince 2) experience Evidence of continuous professional development Supply chain management training purchasing procedures Account management Computer skills Awareness of processes to assess risk

Freedom to Act
Over 1,900 NHS SBS people work as a fully integrated team to ensure our NHS clients benefit from our strength in process industrialisation and service innovation.
On offer is the opportunity to join this fast growing and successful organisation.
The role comes with a competitive salary and the opportunity for further development within NHS SBS or the wider Steria Group.

NHS Shared Business Services is committed to establishing and maintaining a working environment which is free from discrimination and values all employees as individuals. All applicants and employees are selected, recruited, trained and promoted solely on the basis of their skills and behaviour.


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