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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Category Manager Non-Clinical

Huddersfield
Posted about 22 hours ago
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Senior Category Manager

We are looking for an experienced procurement professional to join the CHS Procurement and Supplies team as a Senior Category Manager.

This successful candidate will manage the Non-clinical team which consists of 2 x Assistant Category Managers, 2 x Buyers, an Assistant Buyer, and a Procurement Assistant Apprentice.

The role includes extensive customer relationship management, supplier relationship management, category strategy development and implementation, and involves provision of hands-on support to CHS and CHFT colleagues. The role plays a key part in ensuring CHS/CHFT implements the Procurement Act 2024 and remains compliant at all times.

The Post Holder

  • Will be responsible for the strategic drive of the procurement team workload.
  • Will lead in the high risk, high value procurements including Capital, IT, Estates, and Corporate.
  • Will analyse spend and contract data to identify and deliver CIP and non-CIP savings.
  • Will develop a future procurement plan and be accountable for the activities of the category team.
  • Will ensure that the category resource is utilised in the most effective and efficient way.
  • Will be the procurement expert for the category and ensure that at all times there is compliance with Provider Selection Regime, Procurement Act 2024, Public Contract Regulations 2015, CHS and CHFT Standing Financial Instructions, and UK Legislation.

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Responsible for the Non-Clinical category team. This includes capital equipping projects, maintenance, and lease portfolio management.

Team

  • Take day to day supervisory responsibility for the procurement activity of the Non-Clinical team.
  • Ensure as far as practicable the use of standard formal documentation and procedures.
  • Drive forward the category management agenda ensuring a proactive approach to strategic and operational procurement activity.
  • Accountable for the category management activity in Atamis e-procurement solution ensuring it is kept up to date and can be relied on to provide appropriate management information.

Cross Departmental

  • Assist the Deputy Head of Procurement and Supplies in the development and implementation of the Trust’s procurement strategy based on best practice for NHS and public sector procurement and ensuring that such strategy is monitored against objectives and reviewed.
  • To provide managerial support across the procurement department and to other senior managers as and when required.

Resource Management

  • Manage a robust work plan for the category team ensuring that deployment of category resource is effectively meeting the needs of the organisations stakeholders.
  • Deliver an effective communication strategy for the category team ensuring that two way dialogue is available on both an individual basis as well as within a team environment.

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At CHS We Understand The Differences In Delivering Our Services In Complex Environments And We Have a Flexible Approach To Meet The Needs Of Our Customers. Our Estates And Facilities Management Functions Alongside Our Clinical Engineering, Decontamination And Procurement Service, Provides The Following

  • Fully managed estate and building maintenance
  • Clinical Engineering and Decontamination
  • Procurement advice, guidance and governance
  • Capital project management
  • Transport
  • Grounds maintenance
  • Portering
  • Catering
  • Cleaning (including robot and deep cleaning)

All provided to nationally recognised standards giving you assurance that your premises and equipment will be the best they can, and your customers will have confidence in you as a provider.

For further details / informal visits contact:

  • Name: Ann Hamed
  • Job title: Head of Procurement
  • Email address: Ann.Hamed@cht.nhs.uk
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Skills

Procurement
Category Management
Supplier Relationship Management
Customer Relationship Management
Strategic Sourcing
Spend Analysis
Contract Management
Team Leadership
Compliance
Public Sector Procurement
Atamis e-procurement
Financial Management

Location

Huddersfield, England, United Kingdom

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