Role: Lead Category Manager Location: Hybrid working (3 days a week on site, 2 from home) Duration: Permanent Salary: £53,755 to £60,504 per annum + excellent benefits. Experienced Lead Category Manager sought for a public sector organisation based in the South East of England, on a permanent basis to assist the category teams and work with key stakeholders and suppliers to build a reputation for excellence in the procurement services. The candidate will be experienced in building relationships with existing clients and new clients through delivering a high-quality service. The Lead Category Manager will be responsible for: Work with stakeholders to ensure that service specifications, procurement evaluation criteria and assessment processes are fit for purpose and will result in the effective procurement of individual services Support delivery against an annual procurement delivery plan in line with the organisations objectives to support Acute, Community and Mental Health Trusts for collaborative and independent projects Take the lead in individual procurements including responsibility for the preparation of tender documentation, undertaking briefings, assessment of bidder documentation according to financial viability, risk, sustainability and alignment with collaborative procurement strategies Manage and build relationships within multi-disciplinary procurement project teams Lead the process of evaluation and b...