Assistant Category Manager Band 5

We currently have an Assistant Category Manager position vacant within our growing and proactive Corporate and Digital category team at ULHT., The Assistant Category Manager will undertake procurement projects as directed by the team leads, and this will be for both goods and services contracts.

Along with the rest of the team, you will ensure that all contracts are procured in a compliant manner and will maximise any efficiencies, benefits or improvements that are available to ensure that the Trust and wider NHS partners can evidence and demonstrate value for money.

You will need to develop, and maintain, relationships with decision makers in end-user departments to ensure that procurement projects are conducted on time and are completed to the highest possible standard.

Due to the changing landscape that the Trust operates in, you will continuously strive for best practices, whilst also bringing innovation to help the procurement team evolve and progress on its journey.

A business degree or the Diploma in Purchasing and Supply from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (or evidence of active study towards this qualification), or recent relevant equivalent experience.

In addition, you'll have excellent communication skills to be able to work effectively with key stakeholders within the team and other colleagues across the Trust and wider NHS partners.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).