About NHS Commercial Solutions (NHSCS)
At NHS Commercial Solutions (NHSCS), making a difference is central to our work. If you're motivated by delivering meaningful impact across the NHS, this role could be for you.
We are recruiting two Lead Category Managers to join our team.
Why join NHSCS?
You will work at the heart of public sector procurement, directly supporting the NHS. You'll gain experience across diverse sectors, build strong commercial insight, and develop a deep understanding of how public sector organisations operate. You'll collaborate on consultancy projects that deliver tangible value and help design high-impact frameworks that drive efficiency and innovation.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career within our strategic category teams, supporting key areas such as Consultancy, Corporate Services, Estates, Facilities and Digital categories which are vital to helping the NHS manage ongoing system pressures.
Role Overview
These strategic roles will drive value through delivering projects, frameworks and procurements for customers. They involve extensive engagement with NHS organisations, wider public sector bodies, Integrated Care Systems and NHS England. In this senior role, you will lead strategic sourcing, deliver high-value contracts and frameworks, and drive category initiatives that support quality patient care and operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead end-to-end category management across assigned portfolios
* Develop category strategies aligned to organisational priorities
* Manage complex procurements in line with PA23, PSR and NHS best practice
* Lead tenders for national/regional Framework Agreements, including NHS England Framework Accreditation and Cabinet Office Spend Controls
* Manage live frameworks and provider performance
* Deliver measurable savings, sustainability benefits and improved service outcomes
* Build strong stakeholder relationships and provide expert procurement guidance
* Support and mentor colleagues
* Support Corporate Services, Estates and Facilities, Digital and Workforce Specialist Category Managers. Focus on category management, sourcing, contract management and consultancy services for a wide range of NHS and public sector customers
* Engage senior stakeholders up to Board and Executive level, leading and supporting project groups across all levels as an NHSCS ambassador
Required Skills & Qualifications
* Strong practical procurement experience, skills and passion for the subject are essential
* Strong communication skills, broad commercial acumen, and enthusiasm for procurement and category management
About our Organisation
NHS Commercial Solutions (NHSCS) is a collaborative procurement NHS organisation providing strategic procurement services to NHS organisations within Kent, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and further afield. NHSCS has delivered savings in excess of £300 million working in partnership with trusts and with multiple stakeholders to deliver cash releasing savings, cost and quality improvements across a wide range of categories. NHSCS is hosted by SABP NHS Foundation Trust.
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
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