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Job summary

Main area
Procurement
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent: Hybrid working including a minimum of 3 days on a Trust site
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week)
Job ref
196-COF10766-T
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Guy's Hospital site
Town
London
Salary
£44,806 - £53,134 inc HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/06/2025 23:59
Interview date
30/06/2025

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Assistant Category Manager, Construction & Commercial Estates

Band 6

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

Are you an experienced Assistant Category Manager looking to join an ambitious team in one of the most complex and large NHS Trusts in the UK. We are looking for an Assistant Category Manager within the Construction and Commercial Estate Category. As a team member in a newly established position, you will play a key role in developing and implementing the new Procurement and Supply Chain operating model and strategy across Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation and the ‘Smart Together’ Shared Service.  Together with the Category Manager and Senior Category Manager, you will deliver a proactive and professional procurement service and be individually responsible for the management of a range of procurement activities and projects to ensure that the Trust and its Shared Services Partner Trusts have the facilities to deliver world class patient care.

 

This role is suitable for someone who is looking to progress their procurement career and develop their skills by either be already studying towards or willing to start on their MCIPS journey and who already has experience of working within a public sector procurement team and building good relationships with stakeholders and colleagues.

 The role will require travel to our Shared Service Partners.

Main duties of the job

§  Reporting to the Category Manager for Construction & Commercial Estate

§  Managing stakeholder requests, and providing timely and accurate information to stakeholder and suppliers.

§  Supporting innovative procurement practices and ensuring contract compliance to drive out costs and improve patient care.

§  Procuring goods and services in line with Trust policies and procedures via compliant routes

§  Providing excellent customer services to our internal customers, and dealing professionally with external suppliers

§  Completing relevant analysis to improve processes, support problems solving or deliver sustainable cost and service improvements

Working for our organisation

Why join us:

  • Be part of an inclusive department with a flexible hybrid working approach and great annual leave offer, fostering a healthy work-life balance.
  • Access to individual development opportunities and mentorship for career progression.
  • Access to a great salary and an NHS pension.
  • Contribute directly to our transformation journey, influencing the future of procurement and supply chain operations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full Job Description and Personal Specification should be downloaded.

* ‘Smart Together’ is a shared procurement and supply chain service hosted by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, one of the leading hospitals in the country and serve the hospitals across south east London.  

Smart Together currently provides its services to GSTT and 4 other NHS Trusts, namely, Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. 

 

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience working as part of a team and the ability to develop contacts and build networks.
  • Administrative experience and a good level of IT literacy, including Microsoft Office applications, in particular Excel and Word.
  • Experience in managing projects, preparing reports, and providing business support.
  • Experience in programme management within a public sector environment.
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of project management methodologies

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • CIPS Level 5 – Advanced Diploma in procurement, or equivalent and supply, as well as professional knowledge acquired through project training and experience.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable criteria
  • Prince 2 qualification or equivalent experience. Understanding of lean methodology.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Strong spoken and written communication skills and social skills.
  • Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and work effectively across teams.
  • Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work under pressure.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Timewise helps businesses to attract and develop the best talent through flexible working.Care quality commission - GoodDisability confident employer

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Bill Martin
Job title
Head of Construction & Commercial
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Daniel Stride, [email protected]

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