Procurement Category Manager

A fantastic opportunity to join Sheffield Hallam University as a Category Manager.

Client Details

Sheffield Hallam University is one of the UK's largest and most diverse universities: a community of around 32,000 students, 4,500 staff and 295,000 alumni around the globe.
Our mission is simple: we transform lives.

We are an award-winning university, recently receiving Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework for outstanding support for student success and progression.

We provide people from all backgrounds with the opportunity to acquire the skills, knowledge and experience to succeed at whatever they choose to do.

As one of the UK's largest and most progressive universities, our teaching, research and partnerships are characterised by a focus on real world impact - addressing the health, economic and social challenges facing society today.

We are ambitious for our university, our students, our colleagues, our partners, our city and our region. Our vision is to be the world's leading applied university; showing what a university genuinely focused on transforming lives can achieve.

Description

To provide high level specialist advice and direction in relation to procurement decision making; manage a category group, providing support and appropriate resourcing to senior stakeholders across the University on procurement, commercial contract and supply-chain matters. To work collaboratively as part of a local management group, ensuring operational excellence and consistency of practice with procurement activity. Engage with stakeholders across the University to delivery procured outcomes to meet strategic aims.

• Contribute to service development and innovation; review and implement policies/ procedures and, standards for the area; analyse and interpret management information; undertake benchmarking and incorporate customer feedback mechanisms to deliver continuous improvement.
• Working collaboratively across professional services, to ensure consistent and high-quality service provision; lead and participate in internal/external networks and communities of practice; lead and provide influence on project/ working groups and meetings.
• Embody the University's values both within and outside the organisation, role modelling behaviour and encourage equality, diversity and inclusion. Promote equality of opportunity and diversity in the provision of relevant services.

To manage the provision of support and delivery of processes within Procurement, considering wider implications across professional services and taking into account nature, timing and impact across the academic year

For example:

- Category management including market knowledge building, benchmarking and data analysis

- Determining options appraisals and making recommendations for preferred routes to market

- Managing preliminary market consultation

- Managing tender processes to meet a wide variety of stakeholder requirements - Leading stakeholder management, as appropriate - Undertaking inclusive evaluation processes

Profile

• Experience of managing one or more categories within a public sector procurement environment (e.g. construction, services, IT and software)
• Experience of working effectively in an environment of complex regulations and procedures
• Experience of managing procurement-focused projects
• Experience of carrying out a range of highly complex legislative, administration activities
• Experience of leading or supporting the development and dissemination of policies/ standards ? Experience and/ or knowledge in first line supervision
• Experience of providing expert advice and guidance to senior managers and internal/external stakeholders to support decision making, including commercial negotiation
• Experience of letting commercial contracts for the supply of goods services and/or works
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages

Job Offer

• Basic Salary between £38,205 - £42,978
• 25 days annual leave plus an additional 6 extra days on top of the normal 8 bank holidays for extended university closure days
• Flexible working where possible
• Hybrid working. The team currently work 1-2 days per week on site
• Excellent pension scheme.
• Childcare - We have a 74-place on-site registered nursery run by qualified and experienced staff providing childcare for children aged 6 months to 5 years. Our nursery means you can continue working secure in the knowledge that your children are being cared for in a safe, happy, relaxed and stimulating environment.