Category Director - Community, Mental Health and Professional Services
A Vacancy at Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust.
North West London Procurement Services aim is to deliver best value procurement outcomes for the NHS through collaborative working Partner organisations across North West London collectively spend £1.7 billion on goods, works, and services each year.With such significant spending power, there's a huge opportunity to take procurement to the next level — driving a smart, sector-wide approach that boosts transparency, delivers value for money, and helps cut costs.
That’s where the “Stronger Together” Procurement Strategy comes in. This action plan is key to making sure our spending aligns perfectly with sector objectives, helping us deliver our priorities and make a difference. Leading this effort is North West London Procurement Shared Services.We are here to unlock greater value from procurement and opening doors to exciting new commercial opportunities for the entire sector.
A vacancy has arisen for a Category Director to have overall responsibility for management, leadership, and strategic direction of all the Community, Mental Health and Professional Services Category on behalf of the North West London Procurement Services (NWLPS), ensuring that NWL members obtain excellent customer service, best value for money and compliance with NWLPS governance.The Category Director shall be the professional lead for Category Management within their Category, providing professional leadership for the Category team.
NWL Procurement Services (“NWL PS”) is part of Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust and provides procurement and supply chain management services across all members (“NWL Members”).
The Category Director will have the overall responsibility for management, leadership, and strategic direction of all the Community, Mental Health and Professional Services. This includes the provision of expert strategic direction to NWLPS and NWL Members Community, Mental Health and Professional Services Category spend, the establishment and delivery of robust Category Strategies to enable delivery of excellent customer service and best value for money for in-scope spend.The Category Director shall ensure monitoring and measurement of performance of the Category against key areas identified in the NWL PS Procurement Strategy, including spend consolidation, innovation, value add and reduction of waste.
Integral to the role is the requirement to lead the development and subsequent delivery of an ambitious and leading-edge strategic Category plan for the Community, Mental Health and Professional Services Category. Key within this will be the requirement to direct and enable Category Management to support NWL Members and work collaboratively to contribute to the achievement of NWLPS’s strategy and plans.
Just as we care about our service user’s wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:- A comprehensive induction into the Trust and local induction to introduce you to the role 0-19 services.
- Bespoke housing is available for key workers within central London:https://www.sharetobuy.com/
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support, and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
**Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.**
This advert closes on Sunday 2 Mar 2025