Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Category Specialist to join our Category Management Teams working across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN), which encompasses Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and Northampton General NHS Trust. You will be an integral part of one of our Digital category area, delivering a first class procurement service across UHN. This is a great opportunity for a procurement professional who wants to further develop their career, to join the Procurement team at UHN and really make a difference. Base can be discussed, with the requirement to travel between sites when required. You will be joining a large, friendly and supportive team which offers great opportunities for career progression. If you would like to progress your career in procurement, please review the job description and person specification in the advert, and if you feel you match those requirements we'd love to hear from you.
To provide a comprehensive, proactive, efficient and responsive procurement advisory and planning service across the designated specialist category area.
Responsibilities
* Assisting in the development and managing a category management strategy that provides commercial benefit and reduces risk consistent with alignment to the Group Strategies, abiding by Trust specific SFI’s, SO’s, UK legislation.
* Assisting in the development of KPI’s that evidence value for money through generating non-pay savings in accordance with cost efficiency targets whilst awarding robust compliant contracts.
* Day to day management responsibility for the category assistants working within this specialist area.
* This post holds responsibility for ensuring rigorous control in the approach to procuring goods and Services. Managing and undertaking complex and high value procurements and associated contract negotiations on behalf of the Group and working collaboratively with Procurement colleagues across the Northamptonshire ICB as appropriate.
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
* Compassion
* Respect
* Integrity
* Courageous
* Accountable
For further details / informal visits contact:
* Name: Mandy Sterling
* Job title: Category Manager
* Email address: m.sterling@nhs.net
* Telephone number: 07966 267985
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