Strategic Category Lead - IM&T

Job summary

Provide a proactive procurement service to the Division(s) that you work with, covering strategic advice and operational matters; operating as a recognised and serviced business partner, ensuring that the service is efficient, cost effective and responsive to the changing needs of the Divisions and wider NHS

Deliver a strategic procurement service for identified categories - including strategic supplier relationship management

Deliver demonstrable cash releasing savings annually as part of the Services' cost improvement programmes and meet key performance and efficiency targets, reporting to the Head of Commercial Procurement - Non-Clinical

Design and Implementation of tender processes, sourcing strategies and contracts to ensure that maximum quality and value for money is obtained

Provide Category leadership and development to a team of 5 (3 Category Managers, a Deputy Category Manager and a Category Assistant)

Support the delivery of the NHS and SWL Digital Strategy including implementation of robust commercial agreements to deliver value

Liaison with various Government Agencies and Framework Providers such as London Procurement Partnership (LPP), Crown Commercial Services (CCS), NHS Shared Business Service (SBS)

Main duties of the job

Line Management/General Management

Category Management

Strategic Procurement

Delivery of cash releasing savings and added value benefits

Stakeholder Management

Supplier Management

About us

South West London Procurement Partnership was established in 2021 to provide a shared procurement service to our customers and patients across South West London. We look after over £1.4bn of non-pay spend for 4 organisations, c.30,000 customers and ensure that over 1m patients get the goods and services they need to be provided with excellent care. Our aim is to provide world class commercial and operational procurement services to ensure that not only do we provide the excellent care our patients need, but that the organisations we serve contribute to their local communities beyond the medical care - by focusing on quality, sustainability and social value as anchor institutions.

SWLPP manages the provision of all goods and services, ensuring that our customers get true value for money, in a compliant, sustainable and innovative way.

We provide strategic category and contract management procurement services, logistics and data analytics. We are at the forefront of ICS procurement development and play a key part on the shaping of the national procurement agenda.