Assistant Category Manager (Non-Clinical)

LN19827 | Assistant Category Manager (Non-Clinical) | Permanent contract | £36,571 | Huddersfield | Full time | Hybrid working after initial introductory stage

Client:

Castlefield are currently recruiting for a number of Assistant Category Managers to join their high-performing Procurement team focusing on Clinical and Non-Clinical categories.

These roles offer an exciting opportunity to contribute to strategic procurement initiatives that directly support patient care and operational efficiency. You will work closely with Senior Category Managers and stakeholders across CHS and the Trust to deliver value-for-money solutions, manage supplier relationships, and support the development of category strategies.

CHFT and CHS are at the exciting beginning of a major reconfiguration programme at Calderdale Royal Hospital, which includes the construction of eight new wards, an extended A&E department, and a multi-storey car park. This transformation will shape the future of healthcare delivery in our region. These roles will play a pivotal part in collaborating with the Reconfiguration Procurement Team to ensure that the goods, works, and services being procured today are fit for purpose both now and in the future.

CHS was formed in 2018, as a relatively new company have already won the Huddersfield Examiner Business Award (Community) 2021/22 and been voted in the top 100 companies within Kirklees for the last 2 years.

As the Assistant Category Manager, you will work to deliver procurement and contracting activity within your dedicated category area.  You will work with staff, suppliers, and contractors to deliver procurement activity to source products, goods, and services ethically at competitive prices and ensuring that CHS, the Trust and our partners follow procurement policies, regulations, and best practice, to deliver savings and value for money.

Duties will include:

• Support relevant category management initiatives and work across divisions were applicable and as directed by the Senior Category Manager and/or Head/Deputy of Procurement and Supplies
• Renew, rationalise and consolidate procurements and contracts and award new ones in the most cost effective manner
• Develop strong working relationships with all stakeholders, both internal and external, promoting a culture of shared responsibility for procurement issues within the context of Trust objectives
• Undertake and ensure robust Tendering and Contracting activity via Atamis in line with SFIs, PCRs and PSR
• Work closely with the other procurement colleagues and divisional staff to ensure that all aspects of the procurement agenda are covered in support of the Trusts objectives
• Deliver a wide range of procurement activities, to enable best practice, including running e-tendering via Atamis, e-evaluations and logging information and data appropriately including; maintaining, keeping, and reporting up-to-date statistical and other data, all in line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015, Procurement Act 2024, Provider Selection Regime and local/corporate procurement policies
• Monitor commercial benefits and status of procurement projects, for example, spend and trend analysis, cost-benefit analysis saving profile - forecast and actual; and may utilise that information to lead procurement decisions, lead supplier reviews and developing reports for other parties, such as the Senior Category Manager or Head of Procurement.
• Conduct due diligence in supplier sourcing - undertake the pre-qualification of potential suppliers using appropriate tools, including financial stability, insurance levels, technical capacity, sustainability, and ensuring that health and safety policies are in place in line with legislation, the relevant organisational policies and responsible procurement considerations and record findings
• Coordinate and manage supplier and stakeholder meetings in line with the e-tendering activity thorough to contract award and implementation where relevant.
• Undertake market research, benchmarking, and stakeholder engagement in order to assist and inform your sourcing process in line with the most appropriate policies on corporate and social responsibilities

Person:

• Best suited for an individual with a Public Sector background
• Experience of detailed analysis of data relating to the review of product use, cost, and savings
• Great communication and stakeholder management skills are essential
• An eagerness to develop and progress within procurement is a must

Please note that direct approaches and speculative CV's will be directed to Castlefield Recruitment to be included in the recruitment process.

Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions Ltd are working in partnership with Castlefield Recruitment to source this position. For further information on applying, contacts for an informal discussion or access to the Candidate Pack please follow the link below:

Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions

General information for applicants

Our approach complies with the Equality Act 2010 and we commit to making sure there is no unjustified discrimination in the recruitment, retention, training and development of colleagues.

We will promote and value difference to attract, recruit, retain and support our staff and be more reflective of the communities we serve.

Our values will focus on respect and acceptance of our differences, and we will ensure employees from all backgrounds have equal access to career opportunities and receive fair treatment in the workplace.

Our recruitment training will look at how prejudice and unconscious bias can encroach into the selection process and how we negate this.

We will where possible include a BAME colleague in the recruitment process for posts at grade G or above.

CHS colleagues have access to CHFT’s LGBTQ and BAME networks, social groups, and events