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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Contact
- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Senior Category Manager - Commercial Delivery
Accepting applications until: 19-Oct-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 19-Oct-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- NHS London Procurement Partnership
- Cyfeiriad
- India House, 45 Curlew street
- Tref
- London
- Cod post
- SE1 2ND
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Cyflog
- £72,921 - £83,362 p.a inc HCA
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 8b)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Procurement
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 31/10/2025
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.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Would you like to join an ambitious procurement collaborative organisation to support with the development and implementation of ambitious strategies in the Commercial Delivery team?
The role will require an ability to work alongside both senior external clinical and operational teams as well as senior level stakeholders on a regional and national basis to drive innovation and collaboration, primarily in the Digital space. The role will also require the leadership of a small team of Category Managers.
Along with significant senior procurement experience that includes Digital Health/ Technology or other complex spend category, you will be able to demonstrate experience in stakeholder management and category management. Significant supplier engagement, contract negotiation and contract management experience along with a record of achieving substantial transformation and value for money will also be key to success.
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To develop and lead a specific strategic sourcing programme for defined categories, across a number of NHS Trusts, taking the lead on specific/allocated portfolio of sourcing categories, and contributing significantly to the delivery of allocated procurement projects within key timelines.
To support the Category Director and team in the delivery of cost and efficiency savings across a large number of Member Trusts, by analysing current spend information to develop procurement plans.
To ensure contract compliance across the NHS LPP, pursuing procurement excellence through the implementation of efficient and effective procurement projects. Meeting customer requirements by demonstrating best value for money, through compliance with category priorities and contracts, and by actively managing the market place through development of key strategies for supplier and contract management.
Working with the Category Director and team in developing networks by providing input into appropriate NHS LPP projects. Liaising with colleagues at all levels to ensure compliance in the use of agreed standardised and compliant products and services.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Please note that as an organisation NHS LPP has been hosted by Guy’s & St Thomas’ (GSTT) NHS Foundation Trust since 2012 and provides the legal framework and supporting services under which NHS LPP operates. NHS LPP staff are employed by GSTT. However, NHS LPP is a membership organisation funded and governed by its members and not GSTT.
NHS LPP develops and manages collaborative procurement projects on behalf of its members including acute, community and mental health trusts, as well as CCGs. NHS LPP has a number of members outside of London. This role requires the postholder to manage complex collaborative procurements within the normal NHS membership but also working with other public sector bodies, advising and managing their procurement processes to deliver benefit to the wider public sector. The organisation will continue to develop as a centre of commercial excellence that delivers significant and sustainable cost and service improvements to all stakeholders primarily in the London NHS economy but also outside London.
NHS LPP are proud to be Accredited by Investors In People & Disability Awareness.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
- Be responsible for leading a team of category managers
- Proactively engage, build and maintain collaborative working relationships with NHS Trusts
- Provide specialist commercial advice and support, to local, regional and national NHS procurement and contract management initiatives.
- Lead a portfolio of procurement and contract management projects, in support of NHS organisations around the country, ensuring initiatives are developed to deliver value for money.
- Ensure all procurement and contract management activities operate in full accordance with the relevant legislation.
- Be responsible for developing, implementing, monitoring and reviewing procurement strategies for allocated categories, through detailed demand/ market analysis, to ensure continual improvement and innovation in service.
- Require an awareness and implementation of national procurement initiatives undertaken by Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, NHS Supply Chain/ SCCL, cross Government Agencies and Crown Commercial Service.
- Undertake proactive identification and management of risk throughout the procurement process.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on the UK Government website.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Member of Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) or appropriate professional institute or relevant experience
- Continuous professional development (CPD)
- Procurement Procedures workshops
- Account management skills training
- Recognised advanced computer training courses
Meini prawf dymunol
- Masters or equivalent plus senior specialist procurement knowledge and experience
- Project Management (Prince 2 Practitioner)
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Understanding of NHS, wider public procurement and commercial world
- Senior specialist commercial / industry experience in procurement and supply in a senior management role
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- People Management - the ability to manage, influence and lead people who may or may not be direct reports
- Time Management - the ability to manage and priorities project activities and the workload of the Business Unit.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Laura Whitworth
- Teitl y swydd
- Interim Assistant Category Director
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 02071887188
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
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