Job summary
- Main area
- Deputy Category Manager - HR & Professional Services
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Up to 3 days on site (Thursday is a mandatory day at the St George's site))
- Job ref
- 200-NN-7144700-A&C-Z
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 Per annum incl HCAS (inner)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Category Manager - HR & Professional Services
Band 7
Job overview
South West London Procurement Partnership was established in 2021 to provide procurement services to our customers and patients across South West London. We look after over £1.4bn of non-pay spend for 5 organisations, c.30,000 customers and ensure that over 1m patients get the goods and services they need to be provided with excellent care. Our aim is to provide world class commercial and operational procurement services to ensure that not only do we provide the excellent care our patients need, but that the organisations we serve contribute to their local communities beyond the medical care – by focusing on quality, sustainability and social value as anchor institutions.
SWLPP manages the provision of all goods and services. Our aim is to ensure that our customers get true value for money in a compliant, sustainable and innovative way – by providing strategic category and contract management expertise, logistics and data analytics. We are at the forefront of ICS procurement development and play a key part on the shaping of the national procurement agenda.
We want to foster and encourage a culture of innovation and “doing things differently”. Challenging the status quo and being a partner of choice to our customers.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to Main Duties/ Key Result Areas of the Job, as advertised in job advert.
This job description is not an exhaustive document but is a reflection of the current position. Details and emphasis may change in line with service needs after consultation with the postholder.
Working for our organisation
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the country's principal teaching hospitals and our main site is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. We have over 9,000 dedicated staff serving a population of 1.3 million across south-west London.
We deliver a large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation. We also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a range of community services to patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
*****Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role*****
Person specification
Qualification & Education
Essential criteria
- A high standard of education, to a minimum of 5 GCSEs including English and Maths. Higher education in a business related subject. Membership of Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (or actively working towards, with equivalent experience).
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of purchasing and contracting duties within a complex organisation. Knowledge of tendering / contracting procedures / legislation and contract law First-hand experience of negotiation with suppliers on major contract Contract management experience
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Team player. Excellent communication; written & oral to senior manager level. Advanced Microsoft Office skills. Strong analytical skills. Excellent negotiating skills. Ability to set, agree and implement quality standards, while meeting challenging financial targets. Able to demonstrate a flexible, customer focused approach while meeting tight deadlines.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Committed to increasing the profile of Procurement within the Services. Demonstrable persuasion / influencing skills. Excellent decision making/ organisational skills. To resolve problems promoting an environment of trust, honesty and open discussion, demonstrating sound leadership skills whilst being able to work as a key member of a wider team. Dedicated, assertive, persuasive and ethical. Self-starter, demonstrating leadership qualities. Self-confident and motivated.
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hannah Stevenson
- Job title
- Head of Commercial Procurement - Non-Clinical
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 725 3278
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