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Senior Category Manager
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Senior Category Managers - Four permanent opportunities available
Clinical, Corporate & Capital Procurement
Salary: £66,300 - £71,300 plus an annual bonus of up to 12%
Location: Denmark Hill, London – hybrid working with three days per week on site and occasional travel to other KFM locations
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Are you an experienced Senior Category Manager looking for a procurement role with greater purpose, responsibility, and scope?
About the Role
King’s Facilities Management (KFM) is recruiting four Senior Category Managers to join its growing procurement function:
- Two Senior Category Managers – Clinical Procurement
- Two Senior Category Managers – Corporate & Capital Procurement
KFM is owned by King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and provides specialist procurement, supply-chain, equipment, and healthcare support services. Its profits and cost savings are reinvested into the NHS, meaning the value delivered by its procurement teams supports the delivery of patient care.
The Opportunity
As a Senior Category Manager, you will lead a procurement category or portfolio with an annual expenditure of approximately £20 million to £30 million.
- Develop and implement category strategies
- Lead complex strategic sourcing and tendering programs
- Negotiate high-value contracts
- Improve supplier performance
- Identify opportunities to deliver savings, innovation, sustainable solutions, and improved value
- Provide leadership and support to procurement colleagues
Clinical Procurement
Within Clinical Procurement, you will:
- Work closely with clinicians, operational teams, and other healthcare stakeholders to understand how products and equipment are used
- Translate clinical requirements into effective procurement, contract, and supply-chain solutions
- Support product standardisation, value for money, and continuity of supply
- Support clinical trials and product evaluations
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Corporate & Capital Procurement
Within Corporate & Capital Procurement, you will:
- Lead procurement activity across a varied portfolio of goods and services
- Develop commercially effective category strategies
- Manage end-to-end procurement processes
- Deliver complex tenders and contract negotiations
- Work with stakeholders across KFM and King’s College Hospital
- Improve supplier relationships while supporting efficiency, sustainability, social value, and procurement compliance
Responsibilities
- Developing and delivering category management strategies
- Leading complex, high-value procurement and strategic sourcing projects
- Managing competitive tenders from initial scoping through to contract award
- Negotiating contracts and providing commercial and contractual advice
- Delivering measurable procurement savings and added value
- Conducting market analysis and identifying new supplier opportunities
- Managing contracts, supplier relationships, service levels, and performance
- Working with senior stakeholders to develop clear specifications and sourcing plans
- Supporting procurement compliance, governance, and risk management
- Coaching, guiding, and developing procurement colleagues
Requirements
- Accomplished procurement professional with substantial experience in category management, contract management, strategic sourcing, and supplier relationship management
- Strong record of delivering complex, high-value procurement projects
- Experience of competitive tendering and contract negotiation
- Evidence of delivering significant savings and commercial improvements
- Ability to develop and implement procurement category strategies
- Strong commercial judgement and financial awareness
- Experience of influencing senior stakeholders and building collaborative relationships
- Confidence to manage suppliers and handle challenging negotiations
- Strong project management, analytical, and communication skills
- MCIPS, or an equivalent level of professional procurement experience
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Experience within NHS procurement, healthcare procurement, or wider public-sector procurement would be valuable. However, KFM also welcomes candidates from other complex, regulated organisations who can demonstrate relevant category management and commercial procurement expertise.
Why Join KFM?
- Join a supportive and collaborative procurement team where you can take ownership of significant categories, develop your professional expertise, and see the wider value created by your work
- Salary of £66,300 - £71,300 with an annual bonus opportunity of up to 12%
- Professional development and CPD support
- Access to employee discounts
- Range of salary-sacrifice benefits
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This recruitment campaign is being managed by Insight Executive on behalf of King’s Facilities Management (KFM).
To read the full job descriptions, explore the differences between the Clinical and Corporate & Capital Procurement opportunities, and apply, please click the Apply button within this advertisement.
You will be taken to the dedicated campaign website, where you can learn more about KFM and submit your application.
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