Job summary
NWL Procurement Services ("NWL PS") is part of Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, and provides procurement and supply chain management services across all Members ("NWL Members").
The Category Manager is responsible for supporting the effective management of and the value delivery for the procurement of goods and services across the Community & Mental Health Category. They will actively be responsible for supporting the Head of Category to ensuring effective development and maintenance of Category Strategy, Category Plan and Commercial Strategy.
Main duties of the job
The Category Managers will have delegated authority to support Head of Category's with elements of the overall commercial lifecycle, including Category Strategy and Category policy development and understandingNWL Member requirements. This will be done through jointly working with the Head of Category with the development of Category Management strategies, understanding of the supplier/market landscape, and delivering timely and effective support, guidance, and expertise to the businesses
About us
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Given delegated authority to support the Head of Category in the development and maintenance of the Community & Mental Health Category Strategy to deliver NWL PS strategy and corporateobjectives and to enable maximum aggregation of low-value spend, reduction in sourcing activity (minimising order cycle) and reducing supplier base to enable value to be added by Managementactivities Work with the Head of Category in developing and maintaining Category plans for key spend areas and transformation programmes Responsible for parts of the production of a Commercial Strategy for each sourcing project, including but not limited to, clear sourcing outcomes and definition of contracts to be included. Given authority to liaise with end-users to scope and develop Project Initiation Documents (PIDs) to include project outlines, spend baselines (inclusive of NWL PS partner spend), project scope and linking to approved Category Strategy Given delegated authority for the management of potential supplier relationships by engaging the supply market early and building rapport/creating collaboration opportunities to support delivery of NWL PS strategy and corporate objectives Assist the Category Managers in developing robust, fit for purpose and standardised KPIs to be used within the sourcing cycle of Category Procurements Ensure Category Strategy points to the use of catalogues to reduce the level of manual purchase orders and technology to simplify the low-value quote process. Understand demand by forecasting and planning requirements with internal stakeholders and suppliers Analyse inputs to support development of a multi-year Category Strategy and prioritised annual pipeline of initiatives
Please refer to the attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Given delegated authority to support the Head of Category in the development and maintenance of the Community & Mental Health Category Strategy to deliver NWL PS strategy and corporateobjectives and to enable maximum aggregation of low-value spend, reduction in sourcing activity (minimising order cycle) and reducing supplier base to enable value to be added by Managementactivities Work with the Head of Category in developing and maintaining Category plans for key spend areas and transformation programmes Responsible for parts of the production of a Commercial Strategy for each sourcing project, including but not limited to, clear sourcing outcomes and definition of contracts to be included. Given authority to liaise with end-users to scope and develop Project Initiation Documents (PIDs) to include project outlines, spend baselines (inclusive of NWL PS partner spend), project scope and linking to approved Category Strategy Given delegated authority for the management of potential supplier relationships by engaging the supply market early and building rapport/creating collaboration opportunities to support delivery of NWL PS strategy and corporate objectives Assist the Category Managers in developing robust, fit for purpose and standardised KPIs to be used within the sourcing cycle of Category Procurements Ensure Category Strategy points to the use of catalogues to reduce the level of manual purchase orders and technology to simplify the low-value quote process. Understand demand by forecasting and planning requirements with internal stakeholders and suppliers Analyse inputs to support development of a multi-year Category Strategy and prioritised annual pipeline of initiatives
Please refer to the attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Professional operational service delivery and business management knowledge to degree equivalent plus further management experience or training to post graduate diploma level or equivalent
- Evidence of CPD
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Professional operational service delivery and business management knowledge to degree equivalent plus further management experience or training to post graduate diploma level or equivalent
- Evidence of CPD
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
