Category Manager Visa Sponsorship Uk

Job Description

Job Summary

The BSOL Procurement Collaborative (BSOLPC), hosted by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), offers procurement and supply chain services to UHB, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT, and Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS FT.

The procurement team supports the delivery of high-quality patient care while guaranteeing value for money through compliance processes, as well as contributing to the formulation and effective delivery of the Procurement Strategy, which drives quality and value across the BSOLPC.

The Trust is searching for a proactive, self-motivated, and ambitious Procurement Category Manager to join its team.

The post is based at Regent Court Birmingham, but you may be asked to visit or work at any of the BSOL PC sites as needed.

This is a specialty role within BSOL PC, and the post holder will be in charge of collaborative procurement and supply chain projects across all BSOL Trusts.

Excellent project management expertise, abilities that encourage stakeholder engagement, and the ambition and vision to complete challenging and complicated projects.

Using a variety of analytical methods, identify and develop prospective opportunities to achieve efficiency and cost savings goals.

For further information, please contact Sophie Lilleyman, Deputy Head of Procurement. Sophie.Lilleyman@uhb.nhs.uk

Main responsibilities, tasks, and abilities required

*Please Note: For a complete list of the major duties of this vacancy, please check the attached Job Description*.

About us.

We are acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading NHS Foundation Trusts. Our aim is to Build Healthier Lives, and we understand that we will require exceptional employees to achieve this.

Our dedication to our employees is to offer the ideal environment for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and well-being of our employees, including a commitment to provide flexible working arrangements when possible;
We provide our employees with a wide range of training and development options to help them achieve their personal and professional goals.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our employees are treated fairly and feel like they belong by providing a friendly and inclusive atmosphere. This is about equal opportunity; eradicating all barriers, including prejudice, and ensuring that each individual member of staff reaches their full potential, achieves their goals, and thrives in their jobs. This isn’t just words. We’re taking action. Our dedication to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation, where every voice is heard, and is pushed by our varied and active staff networks, as well as the Fairness Taskforce, which is managed by our CEO. We foster a culture that encourages employees to oppose discriminatory behaviour and allows people to contribute their “full self” to a kinder, more connected, and bolder place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a smoke-free hospital.

Job Description

*Please Note: For a precise and complete work description for this vacancy, please check the attached work Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level or similar experience

Experience

Essential

•  Experience working in a procurement team.
•  Proven medical/clinical procurement experience
•  Experience in Procurement and Contract Management
•  Knowledge of Microsoft Office or similar.
•  Experience working in a customer-focused workplace.
•  Experience negotiating complex contracts.
•  Solid understanding of contract management.
•  Understanding of best practices in procurement and supply
•  Experience working in the NHS and knowledge of current concerns.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applicants from job seekers who require existing skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are encouraged and will be reviewed alongside all other applicants. For further information, visit the UK Visas and Immigration page.

From April 6, 2017, skilled worker applicants requesting for entrance clearance into the UK were required to show a criminal record certificate from each country where they had lived continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the previous ten years. This requirement also applies to adult dependents (those over the age of 18).Guidance can be found here. Criminal background checks for international candidates.