Band 5 Assistant Category Manager

Job summary

The BSOL Procurement Collaborative (BSOL PC), hosted by UHB NHS Foundation Trust provides procurement and supply chain services to UHB; Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, the Royal Orthopedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundationl Trust. The procurement team plays a key role in supporting the delivery of high quality patient care whilst ensuring value for money is achieved and we are looking to recruit a self-motivated and ambitious Assistant Category Manager within the Corporate Procurement division. This role will be based at Regent Court Birmingham, but could also involve visiting / working at any of the BSOL PC sites as required. In this role you will interface with various stakeholders within the BSOL Procurement Collaborative. You will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of methodologies to facilitate and monitor contracts. You will effectively provide support to the Category Manager who will enable the delivery of saving targets and work-plans. You will be expected to build and maintain professional relationships, implement change and enable the Procurement Department to continuously improve the service delivered to stakeholders. Candidates who have applied within the last three months need not apply on this occasion. For further details please contact either Rachel Fanthom Head of Procurement Corporate Tel 07702 954384 rachel.fanthom@uhb.nhs.uk 

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The post holder will work as part of a dynamic procurement team in delivering an efficient and effective procurement service including the delivery of savings initiatives: Supporting the wider Procurement management team, Finance colleagues and other stakeholders. As part of the team you will assist the Category Manager undertaking corporate procurement activity in the form of tendering, development and ongoing management of a portfolio of various contracts in compliance with Trust SFIs and Public Procurement Legislation. The post holder will support procurement colleagues on tenders, contract negotiations and other projects with accurate, consistent and meaningful in-depth data analytics, and that agreements reached with suppliers are supported with transparent appraisals of current supplier performance and the new supplier selection process is robust and delivers savings and efficiencies for the business. The post holder will support procurement systems training and be responsible for managing system related queries including providing end user support on system functionality, monitoring system work flows. They will have proven experience of managing e-procurement systems, providing data and analysis reports and ensuring governance is embedded across all e-catalogue activity. The post requires a professional, motivated and enthusiastic approach, excellent organisational skills, the ability to communicate at all levels, and to have a flexible approach to work 

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note*: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good Standard of General Education

Educated to degree level and/or extensive relevant experience

Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) level 4

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a Procurement background or a similar Environment

Experience of manipulating highly complex data to produce automated reports

Experience of using databases and analytics tools

Experience of working in a pressurised environment

Working within a team

Working within a results driven environment

Sound knowledge of contract management and law

Negotiation skills

Supply chain management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

For help with your application, contact: 

Rachel Fanthom 

rachel.fanthom@uhb.nhs.uk