Commercial Category Manager - London, United Kingdom - Care Quality Commission

Care Quality Commission
Care Quality Commission
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London, United Kingdom

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Commercial Category Manager - Homebased, Flexible (FTC)

Salary:
£37,694 (National Framework) or £42,863 (London Framework - if you are London office based or homebased and live within the boundary of the M25) - There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £529 per annum for those workingfrom home

Contracted Hours:
Full time 37 hours per week

Contract Type: 24 Month Fixed Term or Secondment Opportunity

Location:
We can offer office-based working, homeworking or talk to us about flexible working

Closing date: 2nd February 2023 at 11.59pm

About Us
We're the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and we work to improve health and adult social care in England.

Through the dedication of our expert team, we monitor health and social care services to provide England with a safe and compassionate care system, recognising when services perform well as well as encouraging improvements and taking action over poorer care,where necessary.

One of our main commitments is to become a truly inclusive organisation and to role model a diverse and representative culture.

To do so, we work with a variety of networks, including the Disability Equality Network, Race Equality Network and LGBT+ EqualityNetwork.

Another priority is our colleagues, and we aim to place them at the heart of all our decisions.

The keen members of our People Team play a key role in supporting our workforce to develop their skills and cultivate an environment where they feel valued and heard.

We're now looking for a Commercial Category Manager to join our People Team for a 24 month, fixed term contract or secondment.


The Benefits:


  • 27 days' annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays
  • NHS pension scheme, contributing around 14% of basic salary
  • Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day
  • Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars
  • Discounted gym vouchers
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Internal reward scheme where you could win a voucher or two
  • Equipment for homeworking

Why this could be a great role for you.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced procurement professional to advance their career with our progressive, innovative and vital organisation.

You will have the chance to hone your skillset and take your experience to the next level, helping embed innovative procurement practices that make a real difference to the way we operate.

If this sounds like the ideal next role for you, we can't wait to hear from you.

What you will bring
To be considered as a Commercial Category Manager, you will need:

  • Experience in leading the full end-to-end procurement cycle for a range of categories
  • Experience of running full EUcompliant procurement tendering exercises
  • Experience of managing supplier performance and relationship programmes to optimise supplier delivery to achieve best value
  • Experience of using eprocurement systems
  • Knowledge of the UK health sector
  • To be MCIPS qualified (or working towards qualification)
Experience of working in the public sector is an advantage but not essential.

What you'll be doing
As a Commercial Category Manager, you will manage multiple procurement streams and contract management activities.

Leading complex procurement projects, you will deliver procurement strategies and establish innovative procurement practices, in line with the overarching strategy and budget.

You will deliver financial efficiencies through effective financial and process analysis, preventing maverick purchasing behaviour and ensuring maximum financial benefit.

Undertaking pipeline and contract register activities, you will help to review policiesand processes to help promote best practice across the organisation and ensure compliance.


Additionally, you will:


  • Lead on developing pipelines and planning for delivery
  • Manage delivery of business outcomes through Contract and Supplier management
  • Support the contract owners on the commercial management of key contracts
  • Support the Commercial and Contracts team strategy

Next Steps

Other organisations may call this role Procurement Manager, Purchasing Manager, Senior Buyer, Category Team Manager, Commercial Officer, Category Officer, Category Innovation Manager, or Strategic Category Co-ordinator.

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