Job summary
We have a great opportunity for a Category Manager within the Medical and Surgical Consumables - Infection Control, PPE & Airways department for a 10 month FTC,
These roles are key category leadership roles with responsibility for transforming and leading nationally critical categories. You will, in collaboration with Category Lead colleagues, set the vision, direction and culture for the teams, supporting provision and growth whilst introducing best practice tools and processes for world class category management.
These roles will be a pivotal part in our future strategic delivery and will require agile thinking, a creative approach, and the ability to work under pressure and at pace to deliver our priorities within a changing demographic and enable excellent patient care.
Main duties of the job
The Category Manager will develop and implement a specific category to improve the supply chain, reduce risk, create competitive advantage and deliver savings. Through a focus on product range and how products are brought to market, and in close collaboration with key stakeholders, create product groups that maximise value both for NHS customers and NHS Supply Chain.
The Category Managers will have responsibility for building cross functional relationships with the wider organisation and externally with stakeholders, with the aim of identifying and implementing improvements in our ways of working that will create efficiencies for the organisation as well as improved value and service for our NHS customers.
About us
e are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales. We make sure the products we supply are always safe, quality assured and delivered efficiently.
Were always listening to the people who use our products, so that were aware of the changing needs across the NHS. In all, we serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres. We also manage relationships with more than a thousand suppliers, delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations.
And by doing all of this on behalf of the NHS, this gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of proving excellent patient care.
Our, Purpose, Vision and Strategy are clear. We provide direction, leadership, and commercial focus to improve health outcomes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities
Category Management - Manage a category plan/program in line with the organisations' commercial strategy ensuring realisation of synergies, like cost savings and risk-reduction, and optimisation of the category delivery, while reporting to senior colleagues.
Horizon Scanning - Explore and develop a strong understanding of external developments or emerging issues and evaluate their potential impact on, or usefulness to, the organisation.
Information and Business Advice - Resolve queries from internal or external customers or suppliers by providing information on complex processes and the related policies, referring to others where necessary for interpretation of policy.
Stakeholder Needs Clarification - Set clear objectives for each category; use standard materials to make a presentation to the customer; and ask relevant questions to evaluate the customer's level of interest and to identify and respond to areas requiring further information or explanation.
Data Collection and Analysis - Conduct research using primary data sources and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
Market Access Support senior leaders to build and optimise important relationships and interactions with external and internal stakeholders, including key decision makers, regulators, public organisations, governmental institutions, suppliers, NHS providers, professional communities, and customer and patient groups. Work with guidance from senior colleagues.
Personal Capability Building - Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfil personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsibilities
Category Management - Manage a category plan/program in line with the organisations' commercial strategy ensuring realisation of synergies, like cost savings and risk-reduction, and optimisation of the category delivery, while reporting to senior colleagues.
Horizon Scanning - Explore and develop a strong understanding of external developments or emerging issues and evaluate their potential impact on, or usefulness to, the organisation.
Information and Business Advice - Resolve queries from internal or external customers or suppliers by providing information on complex processes and the related policies, referring to others where necessary for interpretation of policy.
Stakeholder Needs Clarification - Set clear objectives for each category; use standard materials to make a presentation to the customer; and ask relevant questions to evaluate the customer's level of interest and to identify and respond to areas requiring further information or explanation.
Data Collection and Analysis - Conduct research using primary data sources and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
Market Access Support senior leaders to build and optimise important relationships and interactions with external and internal stakeholders, including key decision makers, regulators, public organisations, governmental institutions, suppliers, NHS providers, professional communities, and customer and patient groups. Work with guidance from senior colleagues.
Personal Capability Building - Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfil personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- What skills, qualifications and qualities do I need to be successful?
- You will need to be educated to a high standard, have some experience of Category Management and be able to evidence that you have successfully co-ordinated the work of others. Candidates without CIPs (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply) qualification will need to be committed to obtaining the qualification whilst in role.
- In addition, we will expect you to be able to demonstrate:
- Data Collection and Analysis - Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on analysing data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making.
- Assessment - Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on analysing data from multiple sources to draw appropriate conclusions and make suitable recommendations.
- Verbal Communication - Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas, requesting actions and formulating plans or policies.
- Negotiation - Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to negotiate independently while providing guidance and training to others on how to help the organisation by obtaining consensus between two or more internal or external parties who may have different interests.
- Action Planning - Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing appropriate plans or performing necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.
- Presentation skills Communicates with other people without requiring supervision and provides technical guidance when required on speaking in a clear, concise, and compelling manner.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- What skills, qualifications and qualities do I need to be successful?
- You will need to be educated to a high standard, have some experience of Category Management and be able to evidence that you have successfully co-ordinated the work of others. Candidates without CIPs (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply) qualification will need to be committed to obtaining the qualification whilst in role.
- In addition, we will expect you to be able to demonstrate:
- Data Collection and Analysis - Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on analysing data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making.
- Assessment - Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on analysing data from multiple sources to draw appropriate conclusions and make suitable recommendations.
- Verbal Communication - Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas, requesting actions and formulating plans or policies.
- Negotiation - Uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to negotiate independently while providing guidance and training to others on how to help the organisation by obtaining consensus between two or more internal or external parties who may have different interests.
- Action Planning - Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on developing appropriate plans or performing necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.
- Presentation skills Communicates with other people without requiring supervision and provides technical guidance when required on speaking in a clear, concise, and compelling manner.
