Overview
Band 5 Assistant Category Manager – Procurement. The closing date is 01 July 2026. Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull Procurement Collaborative (BBCS PC) is an award-winning procurement team hosted by University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), responsible for providing dedicated procurement support to all Trusts within the Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull Integrated Care Systems.
The procurement team plays a key role in supporting the delivery of high-quality patient care whilst ensuring value for money is achieved through compliant processes and contributing to the development and effective delivery of the Procurement Strategy; driving quality and value across the BBCS PC.
The Trust is looking to recruit two self-motivated, ambitious Assistant Category Managers to join the team. These roles will be based at Regent Court Birmingham but may require visiting / working at any of the BBCS PC sites as and when required.
In this role you will interface with various stakeholders within the BBCS Procurement Collaborative. You will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of methodologies to facilitate and monitor contracts. Identify and develop potential opportunities to pursue efficiency and saving targets using a range of analytical tools, providing support to the Category Manager who will enable the delivery of saving targets and work-plans. You will be expected to build and maintain professional relationships, implement change and enable the Procurement Collaborative to improve the service.
Main duties of the job
The Assistant Category Manager supports the delivery of category strategies, contract management, and procurement projects to deliver savings. The role is focused on analytical support, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement to drive value and efficiency across the BBCS Procurement Collaborative.
- Support Category Managers in delivering savings targets and workplans.
- Assist in the development and implementation of procurement projects.
- Analyse spend data to identify cost improvement and efficiency opportunities.
- Support contract monitoring and performance tracking.
- Build effective relationships with clinical, operational, and corporate stakeholders.
- Contribute to continuous improvement and service development within procurement.
- Ensure all activity is delivered in line with procurement regulations and governance requirements.
What we can offer you:
- 27 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing with long service)
- Opportunity to buy up to 5 more days Annual Leave each Financial Year
- Professional development opportunities including CIPS & CILT
- Hybrid working model including 3 office/site days and 2 working from home days
- Commitment to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing of our people.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job responsibilities
Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Good Standard of General Education.
- Educated to degree level and/or extensive relevant experience.
- Studying for or willing to study for Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) levels 4, 5 & 6.
Experience
- Experience of working in a Procurement background or Customer Services Environment.
- Experience of manipulating highly complex data to produce automated reports.
- Experience of using databases and analytics tools.
- Experience of working in a pressurised environment.
- Working within a team.
- Working within a results driven environment.
- Sound knowledge of contract management and law.
- Supply chain management.
- Experience of working in public sector procurement ideally the NHS.
- End to End Supply chain management.
- Awareness and use of Business Intelligence Tools (QlikView/Cognos/Business Objects).
- EU procurement.
- Contract law.
- Project management.
Additional Criteria
- Flexibility to work at different locations.
- Flexible approach to working times.
- Evidence of commitment to Continual Professional Development (CPD).
- Ability to work flexibly across multiple trust sites.
- Can use own initiative to develop new ways of working/offer solutions.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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