Interim Category Manager

Reporting to a Senior Category Manager, the post holder will manage a portfolio of projects within one or more Procurement Categories and achieve the most economic supply arrangements, whilst adhering to procurement rules and Trust governance.

Client Details

An public sector organisation in Leicester.

Description

• Leading on sourcing and specific sourcing programmes for defined projects, taking the lead on the allocated sourcing category or categories, and contributing significantly to the delivery of allocated procurement projects within key markets.
• The preparation and presentation of Procurement Strategy, Procurement process plans and making recommendations on contract award to the Commercial Executive.
• Assisting in the delivery of cost and efficiency savings across a large project range by analysing current spend information and undertaking complex market analysis or product usage and cost trends to develop procurement strategies. To ensure that proposals for non–pay savings are robust and reported appropriately.
• The engagement of Managers and Stakeholders in the end to end process for product selection and supply of services, including demand challenge, transition and implementation planning and development of strategy, tender evaluation, award criteria,and ongoing contract management.
• Promoting contract compliance across the organisation in particular where commitment contracts are placed, through escalation to the line manager
• Undertaking rigorous and widespread benchmarking activity to support on–going negotiation and market intelligence for designated Categories.
• Supporting the development, creation and delivery of the strategy for demand challenge and procurement process by liaising with the necessary leads and staff, recommending change where necessary to affect efficiencies and savings.
• Working with other Senior Procurement Management to develop networks to promote greater understanding and buy in to the organisation and Procurement Strategy.
• Senior activity in liaising with colleagues at all levels to ensure compliance in the use of agreed standardised products, ensuring the range of items within catalogues are rationalised to an optimum level.
• Take the lead on setting up and/or work with established product evaluation groups across the organisation to evaluate products and fast track product rationalisation decisions.
• Representing the organisation in working with other public bodies in the integration of purchasing/product service standardisation.
• Work with conflicting stakeholder needs through sourcing groups providing a robust whole life costing approach to ensure best value to the Management Groups
• Responsible for the authorisation of contracts and purchase orders within the Scheme of Delegation.
• Analyse the past financial performance of suppliers to make recommendations as to the financial capacity of an organisation to trade with the Trust.
• Use of procurement and financial management systems: Responsible for managing tenders through the online tendering system and contract management, Process orders within financial delegation, Use of benchmarking software to produce and interpret reports to present and Inputting and manipulating data, using software to produce reports

Profile

• Hold a professional procurement qualification or have relevant procurement experience

• Expert theoretical knowledge of public sector procurement

• Proven experience of procurement/category management within a large organisation, including management of complex tenders

• Experience of tender evaluation, market and economic analysis

• Experience of using e–tendering solutions

Job Offer

• 3–6 months
• GBP300 – GBP400 per day (inside ir35)
• Hybrid working