Job summary
The BSOL Procurement Collaborative (BSOL PC), hosted by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) provides procurement and supply chain services to UHB, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation Trust, and Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust.The procurement team plays a key role in supporting the delivery of high-quality patient care whilst ensuring value for money is achieved and we are looking to recruit a pro-active, self-motivated and ambitious Assistant Category Manager to join our Corporate Procurement team, covering Information Technology related procurements.This role will be based at the BSOL PC offices, Regent Court Birmingham, but could also involve visiting / working at any of the BSOL PC sites as required.The Assistant Category Manager post is a key role. You will interface with various stakeholders at all BSOL PC Trusts. You will be responsible for supporting the procurement and management of corporate contracts. You will effectively provide support to the IT Category Managers to enable the delivery of saving targets and work-plans. You will be expected to build and maintain professional relationships, implement change and enable the Department to continuously improve the service delivered to stakeholders.
Candidates who have applied within the last three months need not apply on this occasion.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of a dynamic procurement team in delivering an efficient and effective procurement service including the delivery of procurement work-plans and savings initiatives: Supporting the wider Procurement management team, Finance colleagues and other stakeholders.As part of the Corporate Procurement team you will assist the IT Category Managers in undertaking procurement activity in the form of tendering and the development and ongoing management of a portfolio of various contracts in compliance with Trust SFIs and Public Procurement Legislation. The post holder will support procurement colleagues on tenders, contract negotiations and other projects with accurate, consistent and meaningful in-depth research and data analytics, ensuring that agreements reached with suppliers are supported with transparent appraisals of current supplier performance and that the new supplier selection process is robust and delivers savings and efficiencies for the business. The post requires a professional, motivated and enthusiastic approach, excellent organisational skills, the ability to communicate at all levels, attention to detail and to have a flexible approach to work.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Good Standard of General Education.
- * Educated to A level and/or extensive relevant experience.
Desirable
- * Educated to degree level and/or extensive relevant experience.
- * Studying or willing to study for Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Level 4.
Experience
Essential
- * Experience of working in Procurement or a similar field
- * Experience of manipulating highly complex data to produce automated reports.
- * Experience of using databases and analytics tools.
- * Experience of working in a pressurised environment.
- * Working within a team
- * Working within a results driven environment.
- * Sound knowledge of contract management and law
- * Negotiation skills
- * Supply chain management.
- * Good communication Skills
Desirable
- * Experience of working in public sector procurement ideally the NHS.
- * End to End Supply chain management.
- * Awareness and use of Business Intelligence Tools.
- * IT buying and market related knowledge
- * Contract law.
- * Project management.
- * Some experience of relationship management
- * Knowledge of UK GDPR/Information Governance/IT & Data Security regulations and standards.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- * Excellent numeracy and literacy skills
- * Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- * Excellent IT, Keyboard and Microsoft Office Programmes (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook etc.) related skills
- * Good telephone skills.
- * Excellent prioritisation and organisation skills.
- * Effective verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- * Customer orientated.
- * Good Time Management skills and ability to meet deadlines.
- * Results driven.
- * Change management.
- * Good presentation skills.
- * Excellent decision making and problem solving skills.
- * Use own initiative.
Desirable
- * Professional communication skills and an ability to understand and impart a wide range of complex, sensitive and specialized information at all levels.
- * Ability to support and supervise the day-to-day work of more junior staff.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Good Standard of General Education.
- * Educated to A level and/or extensive relevant experience.
Desirable
- * Educated to degree level and/or extensive relevant experience.
- * Studying or willing to study for Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Level 4.
Experience
Essential
- * Experience of working in Procurement or a similar field
- * Experience of manipulating highly complex data to produce automated reports.
- * Experience of using databases and analytics tools.
- * Experience of working in a pressurised environment.
- * Working within a team
- * Working within a results driven environment.
- * Sound knowledge of contract management and law
- * Negotiation skills
- * Supply chain management.
- * Good communication Skills
Desirable
- * Experience of working in public sector procurement ideally the NHS.
- * End to End Supply chain management.
- * Awareness and use of Business Intelligence Tools.
- * IT buying and market related knowledge
- * Contract law.
- * Project management.
- * Some experience of relationship management
- * Knowledge of UK GDPR/Information Governance/IT & Data Security regulations and standards.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- * Excellent numeracy and literacy skills
- * Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- * Excellent IT, Keyboard and Microsoft Office Programmes (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook etc.) related skills
- * Good telephone skills.
- * Excellent prioritisation and organisation skills.
- * Effective verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- * Customer orientated.
- * Good Time Management skills and ability to meet deadlines.
- * Results driven.
- * Change management.
- * Good presentation skills.
- * Excellent decision making and problem solving skills.
- * Use own initiative.
Desirable
- * Professional communication skills and an ability to understand and impart a wide range of complex, sensitive and specialized information at all levels.
- * Ability to support and supervise the day-to-day work of more junior staff.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
