Lead Category Manager - Workforce

Cedar Recruitment are delighted to be helping source an experienced Public Sector Procurement professional, to work for an NHS organisation who provide services to the wider NHS such as collaborative procurement support, bid and tender support, supply chain improvements, and a range of specialist projects.

The role will be working as a Lead Category Manager (Band 8A) across the workforce Category and the successful person will come in to act as the expert on providing steer and guidance for recruitment, bank, rostering and workforce compliance ensuring efficient, effective and consistent HR sourcing, contract management and consultancy services across a vast range of suppliers.

The candidate will work closely with workforce, finance and procurement teams across the businesses to ensure tenacious strategies in the delivery of both products and services.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery of a strategic and operational procurement service
• 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 service
• Support delivery against an annual procurement plan in line with the organisations objective
• Liaise with and manage independent contractors, maintaining effective partnership working whenever external procurement and project resource is required
• Drive change and innovation within the organisation through a range of initiate
• Take the lead in individual procurements from end to en
• Manage and build relationships within multi-disciplinary procurement project team
• Be responsible for maintaining communications and relationships for both internal and external stakeholder
• Provide specialist procurement support and advice to Trust Stakeholders and other partner
• Be responsible for maintaining the integrity of the overall approach and ensuring systems and processes for procurement are appropriate, fair transparent and non-discriminatory in line with national policy and relevant legislation
• Develop and contribute to procurement strategies, policies and procedures.
• Be accountable to the management of a Specialist Category Manager

Essential Experience

• CIPS Level 5 is required to be considered for the role or similar
• At least 5 years' experience within Category Management is required
• NHS or Public Sector experience is required including experience of working to PCR2015
• Working knowledge of running procurements across a wide range of categories is required
• You MUST be able to get into Surrey 3 days per week

If you are keen to be considered for this role and have the relevant experience required then please apply and one of the team will be in touch to discuss the role in greater detail.