Category Buyer

NHS Shared Business Services is a unique partnership between Sopra Steria and the Department of Health. We provide crucial corporate back office services to NHS organisations.

We are market leaders in corporate service delivery with around 40% of the NHS using one or more of our products. With unrivalled knowledge and experience, we provide high-quality, value-for-money finance, procurement and employment services to the NHS, helping them overcome any challenges they face in the back office.

We work closely with NHS organisations all over the country to replace outdated, time-consuming and error-prone paper processes, with affordable digital systems and more efficient ways of working, and in addition to our core services, we are designing and developing innovative digital technologies and piloting brand-new ways of working, which further improve efficiency and quality, and better support the NHS workforce to deliver world-class patient care.

We are passionate about using our expertise to save the NHS time and money and are more relevant today than ever before.

Are you looking to kick-start a career in procurement or if you have a Procurement background, further your knowledge?

We are looking to welcome a Category Buyers into our growing team in Estates and Facilities to support several upcoming and exciting projects.

You will ideally be either a recent graduate or hold good experience working in a fast-paced administrative role.

Having a strong work ethic and a keen interest in starting your career journey in Procurement, you're a dedicated and committed team player looking to further your career in public sector procurement.

You will support a delegated category portfolio to implement strategic sourcing, support and develop stakeholder relationships, and work to strengthen relationships with existing key suppliers.

• Operations takes an active role in supporting the development of the annual work plan and implementing policy, contributing to the development of short and long-term category strategies
• Supporting the development and cultivation of key supplier and client relationships and exploring new business opportunities
• Supporting the uptake of the portfolios across the landscape, working alongside key support teams including Innovation, Implementation, Marketing and Consultancy
• Managing incoming framework queries and upholding a high standard of customer services advice and doing so in a timely manner
• Taking an active role in supporting the full cycle of the tender process, including pre-tender market engagement and analysis, drafting, and proof-reading documents, and supporting the evaluation and award process
• Providing general support to the Category Managers, collecting, and analysing data to help predict forecasts and trends, managing and processing customer feedback as well as supporting the Team with general administrative tasks
• Supporting the development and implementation, monitoring, and reviews of procurement strategies for allocated commodities through detailed demand/market analysis, ensuring continual improvement and innovation in service delivery

Required Skills
you need to have:

• Previous experience in a procurement related role
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to build relationship quickly
• Good customer service skills and delivery focused
• Good time management and attention to detail, planning

• Degree educated or equivalent
• Experience and/or knowledge of working with the NHS and/or Public Sector
• Knowledge of UK Public Contracts Regulations/Healthcare Categories
• Understanding of Estates and Construction procedures

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!

Contract Type: Full time, Permanent
Location: UK Mobile
Internal Recruiter: Dan
Salary: Circa GBP25,000
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application.
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