Category Procurement Specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Category Procurement Specialist within the Healthcare Services & Pharmacy Category Procurement Team at NOE CPC, hosted by Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The specialist will lead complex procurement projects, develop category management approaches, and deliver best value outcomes for NHS customers. It involves managing framework agreements, engaging with stakeholders, and providing expert advice in public procurement.
Essential criteria
- Relevant degree/MCIPS (or actively working towards)
- Senior level procurement experience in public or private sector (at least band 6 or equivalent)
- Category specific (or equivalent) background & expertise (healthcare & pharmacy services or general services procurement experience)
- Evidence of working with diverse stakeholders and stakeholder groups (for example, customers/clients / collaborative groups)
- Evidence of working with suppliers within challenging / complex markets
- Vaules
Desirable criteria
- Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
- Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
- Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.
- Relevant degree/MCIPS (or actively working towards)
- Senior level procurement experience in public or private sector (at least band 6 or equivalent)
- Category specific (or equivalent) background & expertise (healthcare & pharmacy services or general services procurement experience)
- Evidence of working with diverse stakeholders and stakeholder groups (for example, customers/clients / collaborative groups)
- Evidence of working with suppliers within challenging / complex markets
- Vaules
- Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
- Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
- Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
Category Procurement Specialist1 post specialising in Healthcare & Pharmacy Services CategoryNorth of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) is a collaborative procurement organisation based in Sheffield and hosted by Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT). Our aim is to deliver best value procurement outcomes for the NHS through collaborative working. A wholly NHS owned organisation NOE CPC brings together a wealth of experience, understanding and knowledge, providing collaborative procurement and commercial solutions to the wider NHS and is one of the leading players in collaborative procurement within the NHS in England.An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Category Procurement Specialist to join the Healthcare Services & Pharmacy Category Procurement Team at NOE CPC. Reporting to the Category Manager - [contact details removed], you will be responsible for developing our category management approach to assigned categories, and leading the associated public procurement and category management projects in these major category area to deliver best value outcomes for our NHS customers.
Main duties of the job
As part of the NOE CPC Category Procurement Team you will need to be able to:o Lead the delivery of individual and collaborative complex procurement projects, in line with the Provider Selection Regime, Public Contracts
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