Category Manager
At OSJCT we care about our residents and we care about each other. That means you’ll enjoy great career development working for an expanding organisation. Because we’re a not for profit trust, we invest every penny we make in the people who live in our homes and the people who work here too. This means better quality care and lovely homes for our residents, along with competitive wages and great training and development for our people.
We provide outstanding care, working closely with leading experts on dementia and elderly care. And we’re currently modernising our portfolio of care homes – refurbishing our existing homes and moving into new, inspiring, contemporary care homes too.
As we expand nationwide, we need more people with the right mix of skills, passion and ambition to help us grow even more.
Property Category Manager
Salary: £60,000 per annum DOE
Location: Oxfordshire
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, with hybrid working 2-3 days working across OSJCT trust sites.
About the role
We are looking to recruit for a new Category Manager to join our Procurement team. The Category manager will be responsible in aiming to delivery financial savings and to implement a procurement strategy for spend in categories in their scope.
About You
You will be a qualified Procurement professional, with experience in the development, drafting, structuring, negotiating and managing of supplier contracts. Other skills and experience required include:
- Driving implementation of and continually reviews procurement strategy with key stakeholders thereby ensuring alignment with business direction thus enabling OSJCT to achieve its medium to long terms goals.
- Ensure OSJCT builds and maintains expert knowledge of the key supply markets under control.
- Develops relevant supplier relationships that will aid the delivery of OSJCT’s strategy, drive innovation, continual improvement and best practice.
- Maximise the ROI on the OSJCT spend with third parties
- Collaboration with the business and through project execution, that agreed project targets are delivered to time and budget.
- Educate stakeholders on the supply base and the market in order to drive maximum benefit and preferred supplier compliance.
- Works with the business/key stakeholders in promoting and delivering effective contract and supplier management practices.
- Manage risks and ensures value for money through effective negotiations and putting in place appropriate contractual relationships.
About our Benefits
As a key member of the team, you can expect benefits such as:
- Contributary company pension scheme
- Life assurance
- 25 days’ holiday + Bank Holidays
- Free parking
- ‘My Rewards’ scheme and Blue Light Card giving you discount on shopping, holidays, cinema, dining, days out and much more
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31/03/2024, 23:55
This vacancy is closed to applications.