Overview
Assistant Category Manager Jobs in Huddersfield, England, United Kingdom at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Title: Assistant Category Manager
Company: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Huddersfield, England, United Kingdom
You will support the Senior Category Manager working to deliver procurement and contracting activity within the Clinical 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.
The Post Holder
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.
Main tasks
Delivery 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, 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.
At CHS We Understand The Differences In Delivering Our Services In Complex Environments And We Have a Flexible Approach To Meet The Needs Of Our Customers. Our Estates And Facilities Management Functions Alongside Our Medical Engineering, Decontamination And Procurement Service, Provides The Following
Fully managed estate and building maintenance
Medical engineering/equipment maintenance/ decontamination
Procurement advice, guidance and governance
Capital project management
Transport
Grounds maintenance.
Portering
Catering
Cleaning (including robot and deep cleaning)
All provided to nationally recognised standards giving you assurance that your premises and equipment will be the best they can, and your customers will have confidence in you as a provider.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sohail Khan Job title: Senior Category Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07467735786
