Category Officer

At NHS Commercial Solutions, making a difference is important to us. If you're motivated and interested in delivering meaningful progress at the NHS, then this role could be for you.

NHS Commercial Solutions is looking for a Category Officer to join our team with a primary focus on Support Services which covers Digital, Estates and Facilities. This is a great opportunity to develop your career in procurement in an NHS collaborative procurement organisation. The role will primarily support the team in processes and delivering high value strategic procurement initiatives to trusts in the South-east region. You will work closely with NHS Commercial Solutions procurement and business intelligence colleagues, and there will be scope to lead your own projects supported by category specialists within the team.

This role will suit a recent graduate, supply chain or procurement professional. The role is for a Category Officer who will deliver procurement and contract support to our corporate category team.

NHS Commercial Solutions is an NHS collaborative procurement organisation providing strategic procurement services to NHS organisations within Kent, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and further afield. NHS Commercial Solutions has delivered savings in excess of £220 million working in partnership with trusts and with multiple stakeholders to deliver cash releasing savings, cost and quality improvements across a wide range of categories.

Main duties of the job

The role is a permanent position, based at our offices in Dorking, Surrey.

The post-holder will provide a centralised procurement administrative support to the Estates, Facilities and Digital Category teams in general operations, project and analytical support. You will also be involved in running end to end tender and contracting process using e-tender portals and other associated tools. The role requires application of good interpersonal skills in meeting with a varied range of stakeholders that includes Suppliers, end users from various organisations, visiting sites or meet them virtually, arranging meetings, writing minutes and following up with the agreed actions.

The post-holder will, at time to time, provide reports to Procurement directors/Associate Directors on usage data.

For an informal chat about this exciting opportunity, please contact Philip Spicer on email: philip.spicer@nhs.net

Interviews are planned to take place on 19th and 20th November 2024.

About us

NHS Commercial Solutions (NHSCS) is a collaborative procurement NHS organisation providing strategic procurement services to NHS organisations within Kent, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and further afield. NHSCS has delivered savings in excess of £300 million working in partnership with trusts and with multiple stakeholders to deliver cash releasing savings, cost and quality improvements across a wide range of categories. NHSCS is hosted by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the person specification below for further details.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree or equivalent relevant qualifications or experience
• CIPS Level 4 Diploma or equivalent is Essential

Desirable criteria

• Working towards CIPS Level 5 is Desirable, or equivalent qualification or relevant experience.

Experience

Essential criteria

• 3 years of working within EU Procurement Directives and or Public Contracts Regulation 2015
• 3 years of demonstrable experience of using MS Office suite, especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• 3 years experience in a customer/user-facing environment

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Project Management and Suppliers Relationship Management

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Atrium
Curtis Road
Dorking, Surrey
RH4 1XA

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