Category Manager

Category Manager - FM, Property & Business Services

Main areaNOECPC

GradeBand 8A

ContractPermanent

HoursFull time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref5-COR

SiteDon Valley House

TownSheffield

Salary£55,690 - £62,682 Per Annum

Salary periodYearly

Closing13/08/:59

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Job overview

North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) is a collaborative procurement organisation based in Sheffield and hosted by Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT). Our aim is to deliver best value procurement outcomes for the NHS through collaborative working. A wholly NHS owned organisation NOE CPC brings together a wealth of experience, understanding and knowledge, providing collaborative procurement and commercial solutions to the wider NHS and is one of the leading players in collaborative procurement within the NHS in England.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Category Manager to join the FM, Property & Business Services Team reporting to the Senior Category Manager. You will be responsible for developing our category management approach to assigned related FM & Property (Estates & Facilities) categories and leading the associated procurement and category management projects in this major category area to deliver best value outcomes for our NHS customers.

Main duties of the job

As a Category Manager you will be responsible for managing an existing portfolio of framework agreements in the FM, Property & Business Services category area focused on Estates & Facilities procurement and will work to ensure timely delivery of procurement and category projects against NOE CPC's workplan in line with our NHS customer requirements. A pro-active focus on delivery of best value outcomes for the NHS is essential. Working with the Senior Category Manager you will develop and enhance NOE CPC's impact in this category area through development of a category management approach including category strategy development and work-planning. Activity will include extensive engagement with NHS and other key stakeholders, based locally, regionally and nationally, supporting collaborative and ICS wide projects as well as working collaboratively with stakeholders in other NHS procurement hubs.
We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual wanting to make a positive difference in the NHS. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate strong personal skills, a sound understanding of public sector procurement, together with both experience and enthusiasm for the Estates & Facilities category area. You will also be an excellent communicator, have a strong customer focused ethos, and broad commercial acumen with the drive to self-motivate to develop and deliver opportunities to support Category growth and savings delivery.

Working for our organisation

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As part of the NOE CPC Category Procurement Team you will need to be able to:
• Lead the delivery of complex procurement projects, in line with the including across ICS's and with multiple stakeholders
• Support a category management approach in order to deliver cash releasing savings and sustainable total cost reductions for NHS in this category area.
• Have considerable knowledge and expertise within the specialist category area of FM and Property (Estates & Facilities).
• Have a strong customer focus, commercial acumen and a pro-active approach
• Have a sound approach to contract and supplier management in this category area
• Build excellent working relationships with peers, colleagues, customers and other external stakeholders at both operational and senior levels.
• Have a hands-on approach and a results focused mentality.
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This role will work closely with and support the Senior Category Manager as well as working alongside the other Category Managers to build individual and collaborative relationships with senior level and expert stakeholders in this category area, to manage a portfolio of agreements and to support new procurement activity in this field. The role will include extensive engagement with NHS organisations both individually and collaboratively, and supplier organisations in order to ensure procurement solutions are established and appropriate strategies are developed, which genuinely meet and continue to deliver against the needs of the NHS.

This role will include provision of expert category specific support and guidance to NHS organisations and to the wider public sector.

The roles require skills, experience, and a passion for procurement. Knowledge of and interest in the Estates and Facilities category areas is essential.

The role requires some travel to NHS organisations and other events nationally.

Location: Work base as stated above, however NOECPC adopts an agile working policy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree and MCIPS

Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of working with diverse senior stakeholders and stakeholder groups (for example, customers/clients / collaborative groups)
• Senior level procurement experience preferably in the public sector and knowledge of both PCR 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023
• Evidence of working with suppliers and within challenging / complex markets
• Category specific background & expertise ideally in Facilities Management (Estates & Facilities)

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position based on a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement - please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries regarding this in terms of your initial application. Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees - temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.

The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work. Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.

Please note that from 1st July 2018, all new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service, DBS checks for volunteers remain free of charge.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response. LYPFT is committed to upholding its' statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received . click apply for full job details