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Would you like to step into a role where your expertise doesn’t just deliver results but directly supports the NHS and helps save vital resources?
Join NHS Shared Business Services as a Category Manager and make a measurable difference.
This is more than procurement - it’s impact! This role is the lead for environment related activity and strategy in NHS Shared Business Services. It is responsible for setting and leading on the carbon reduction strategy, advising, and delivering on our Science Based Net-Zero by 2040 targets alongside working with our group organisation Sopra Steria to align and streamline carbon reduction activity. Your work will influence how NHS organisations source smarter, operate more efficiently, and ultimately reinvest savings into patient care.
Alongside internal delivery, this role will be the lead for our customer focused deliver on scope 3 carbon tracking. This supports the management of a data manager to oversee, lead and deliver a pipeline of opportunity (£400k) in 2025 and beyond. This exciting aspect requires customer engagement, management of the team to ensure delivery on time and to budget.
At NHS Shared Business Services, you won’t just grow your career, you will accelerate it. As a Great Place to Work® certified organisation, we offer clear progression pathways, tailored development, and the freedom to shape your future.
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We also believe great work starts with balance. That’s why this role is primarily home-based, monthly team meet-ups in Salford, and occasional travel for collaboration and industry events.
What you will be doing:
- Supporting with the strategic framework delivery plan.
- Handling supplier enquiries and taking ownership of the database pipelines.
- Supporting the Principal Category Manager with acquiring key data and building market awareness.
- Leading on marketing of the framework using various routes to market.
- Contract management of suppliers through engagement and supply chain compliance.
- Supporting uptake of framework portfolio across the landscape, working alongside key internal teams.
What you’ll bring:
- Procurement experience within the NHS or public sector.
- Knowledge of UK Public Contracts Regulations (either PCR 2015 or PA 2023).
- Experience of developing and improving key supplier relationships and exploring new opportunities.
- Environmental category management knowledge/experience.
- Ability to deliver a portfolio of projects as agreed with NHS SBS client stakeholders, meeting expectations and timelines.
- CIPS Level 4, working towards or willing to undertake.
If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!
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Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract - 12m
Location: Salford
Security Clearance Level: DBS
Internal Recruiter: Alex
Salary: Competitive
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund
Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams’ expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence.
We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level.
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