Band 7 Category Manager - Procurement

Birmingham and Solihull Procurement Collaborative (BSOL PC) is an award-winning procurement team hosted by University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), who are responsible for providing dedicated procurement support to all Trusts within the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System., BSOL PC have a requirement for hard-working Category Managers across several categories including Medical, Mental Health and Corporate/Estates areas, to join our growing team based at our offices in Regent Court- Edgbaston, Birmingham.

The objective of the role is to identify, develop and deliver credible savings/work plans and engage with stakeholders across our sites. Whilst ensuring all procurement activity is undertaken in accordance with public procurement legislation and Trust standing financial instructions.

You will need to be skilled in contract management, confident with influential skills and working with suppliers and internal stakeholders. Your ability to drive value for money and deliver solutions is key to the role. You will establish, develop and maintain professional relationships between Heads of Departments, Clinical Leads, Operational Leads and Senior Finance Managers and provide regular updates on project progress.

We will consider offering this position as a development opportunity (Annex U status) to the right candidates.

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Please refer to the attached JD for a comprehensive list of duties for this role.

What we can offer you!

• 27 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing with long service)



• Opportunity to buy up to 5 more days Annual Leave each Financial Year



• Access to Employee Discount Schemes access including Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts



• Pension Plan



• Professional development opportunities



• Hybrid working model including 3 office/site days and 2 working from home days