Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Procurement team at HCRG Care Group as we continue to grow and expand our services across the organisation. We are seeking a motivated and commercially mindedProcurement Category Manager (Direct Spend)to take responsibility for planning and managing direct procurement activity across both existing and new organisational requirements. This includes leading tenders, conducting direct negotiations, and ensuring our procurement activities deliver maximum value.
The focus of this role is to make the best use of economies of scale, securing the right suppliers, goods, and services while maintaining high quality standards. With our organisation operating in a dynamic and developing landscape, strong forward planning is essential to help reduce reactive procurement and drive more strategic decisionmaking.
You will work closely with operational teams and the Head of Procurement, playing a key role in our ongoing transformation. The procurement function is currently midjourney in its maturity, having evolved in recent years from a reactive, transactional service to a strategic, proactive function. While agility will always be required, we see significant opportunities to enhance supplier control, forecast spend, and further embed strategic procurement across the organisation.
Main duties of the job
What You'll do:
- Plan, manage, and deliver procurement activity across direct spend categories
- Lead competitive tenders, evaluations, and direct supplier negotiations
- Consolidate organisational requirements to maximise economies of scale
- Drive strategic procurement practices while supporting a fastpaced operational environment
- Influence supplier performance and support stronger commercial governance
- Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders and operational teams
- Contribute to the development and evolution of a more proactive procurement function
- Support forecasting, spend analysis, and supplier relationship management
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Details
Date posted
11 March 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£50,000 to £50,000 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
HCRGCG/TP/40134/18683
Job locations
HCRG Care Group
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 4QX
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 4QX
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
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