Procurement Category Manager

Job summary

Fancy an exciting challenge with an emerging and evolving Ambulance Trust Procurement Team? Can you demonstrate a tenacious, strategic mind-set along with the ability to juggle a large number of projects involving the continuous education of stakeholders and pushing the boundaries of effective public-sector wide and Ambulance sector collaboration?

Then look no further than the Procurement Team at SCAS!

The role provides strategic procurement support and outcomes to SCAS Corporate Services teams, providing Workforce, Corporate, and Professional Services category delivery and procurement solutions with an outcome focus, keeping whole life cost, NHS collaboration, and the procurement lifecycle at the centre of everything you do.

You will be an established procurement professional, ideally MCIPS, with evidence of continuous development, excellent category and stakeholder management skills, have an outcome focused, whole life costing approach, and evidence developing category plans which align with both divisional and corporate strategies and action plans.

Reporting to the Senior Procurement Category Manager, you will be responsible for strategic development and subsequent delivery of your category portfolio.

The challenge is substantial, but the opportunity and the rewards are great!

This is an office-based contract, there is currently a minimum requirement to be in the office one day a fortnight.

Main duties of the job

To support the Assistant Director of Procurement and Contracting in delivery of a strategic procurement service to the Trust on specific/allocated portfolio of sourcing categories and contribute significantly to the delivery of allocated procurement projects within key markets, ensuring contract compliance, suitability and cost improvements and a range of benefits across the Trust. To operate in accordance with Trust policy and procedures, while working on own initiative.

The post will deliver a service that facilitates delivery of products and services on time and at the lowest ultimate cost whilst focusing on whole life cost, and maintaining the highest level of probity, legislative and corporate compliance, and supporting delivery of patient care to the highest standard.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

About us

Benefits we offer:

• Full training and a range of courses which you can book locally.
• Holiday entitlement of 27 days, rising to 29 days after 5 years' service and 33 days after 10 years' service, plus an additional 8 days bank holiday (pro rata for part time).
• Automatic enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
• Access to continual professional development within SCAS and the wider NHS.
• Occupational Health support and direct access to our Employee Assistance Programme as well as our own Health and Wellbeing Team.
• NHS Discounts in over 200 + stores saving money on holidays, days out, car insurance, restaurants, clothing and much more.
• Ability to join our staff networking groups (as a member, ally or just for interest).

Corporate Induction

It's really important for us to ensure you have the best onboarding experience which allows you to feel a sense of belonging from the start. To help with this, we will book your Corporate Induction as soon as we possibly can (depending on availability).

All new starters need to attend our *Corporate Induction in person, this is held over one and half days from our educational centres based in: Newbury (Berkshire), Bicester (Oxfordshire) or Whiteley (Hampshire). More specific details will be sent to you once your start date has been confirmed.

*Please note - depending on your role additional training may be required following on from your corporate induction.