Category Manager Required
Duration: Permanent
Location: Birmingham
Hours: Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
On site: 3 days on site, 2 days from home
Pay: £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
An opening has arisen for a Category Manager in an Healthcare organisation based in the West Midlands.
The successful candidate will need:
- Ensure full compliance with all National and E.U legislation relating to procurement
- Advise and provide guidance at a senior management level to ensure compliance on all aspects of procurement
- Identify, analyse and seek to maximise full benefit of any potential cost improvements as a result of any procurement activity, national or regional contracting arrangements through membership of various collaborative procurement initiatives and ensure that any specific requirements of the organisation are taken into account
- Manage the introduction of alternative products and sources of supply to achieve high levels of rationalisation and/or standardisation and be a key influencer and participate in user consultation groups
- Develop and maintain a sound knowledge of all relevant commodities and supply markets through conducting market research and analysis whilst identifying savings opportunities and efficiencies by the sound analysis of procurement data
- Take responsibility for leading the tender process and compliantly preparing all associated documentation
- Participate in analysing and evaluating received tender bids, applying a degree of analytical skill whilst taking into account assimilation of other determining factors in the decision making process
- Present options to allow recommendations to be made, based on agreement with stakeholders for consideration in a clear and concise format and prepare all necessary reports required for approval purposes, in order to conclude the subsequent awarding of contracts
- Maintain full and accurate records and filing systems of all Procurement work undertaken to ensure full transparency of the process and required probity
- Ensure assigned medical projects are professionally managed against the team resource and required timelines
- Assist in the analysis of performance audits of the department against Departmental Policies and Procedures
To discuss this role in more detail and to secure this opportunity, please contact Tom Terry on 0121 616 0660 or alternatively email tterry@venngroup.com
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