Band 5 Assistant Category Manager - Procurement
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- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 14/09/2026
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Role summary
The Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull Procurement Collaborative (BBCS PC), hosted by UHB, is seeking an Assistant Category Manager for their Corporate team. This role involves supporting procurement activities for all Trusts within the BBCS PC, ensuring compliance with public procurement legislation and financial instructions. The successful candidate will assist Category Managers with contract development, tender documentation, and stakeholder engagement, contributing to the department's continuous improvement and strategic goals.
Essential criteria
- \*Good Standard of General Education
Desirable criteria
- \*Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply Level 4 qualification (or above) Graduate Diploma or willing to work towards
- \*Experience of manipulating highly complex data
- \*Experience of using databases and analytics tools
- \*Experience of contract, stakeholder & supplier management
- \*Experience of working in a pressurised environment
- \*Working within a team
- \*Working within a results driven environment
- \*Experience in a Procurement team
- \*Knowledge of the application of UK procurement legislation/ tendering processes & procedures
- \*Experience in using online Tendering platforms such as Atamis
- \*Experience of working with a wide range of Stakeholder groups
- \*Knowledge of best practice in Procurement & supply
- \*Sound knowledge of contract management
- \*Project management experience
- Additional Criteria
- \*High level of personal professionalism
- \*Evidence of commitment to Continual Professional Development (CPD)
- \*Pro-active can do attitude
- \*Committed to delivering positive outcomes
- \*Enthusiastic
- \*Self- Motivated
- \*Team player
- \*Excellent communication skills
- \*Flexible approach to working times and location
- \*Good Standard of General Education
- \*Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply Level 4 qualification (or above) Graduate Diploma or willing to work towards
- \*Experience of manipulating highly complex data
- \*Experience of using databases and analytics tools
- \*Experience of contract, stakeholder & supplier management
- \*Experience of working in a pressurised environment
- \*Working within a team
- \*Working within a results driven environment
- \*Experience in a Procurement team
- \*Knowledge of the application of UK procurement legislation/ tendering processes & procedures
- \*Experience in using online Tendering platforms such as Atamis
- \*Experience of working with a wide range of Stakeholder groups
- \*Knowledge of best practice in Procurement & supply
- \*Sound knowledge of contract management
- \*Project management experience
- Additional Criteria
- \*High level of personal professionalism
- \*Evidence of commitment to Continual Professional Development (CPD)
- \*Pro-active can do attitude
- \*Committed to delivering positive outcomes
- \*Enthusiastic
- \*Self- Motivated
- \*Team player
- \*Excellent communication skills
- \*Flexible approach to working times and location
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull Procurement Collaborative (BBCS PC) is an award-winning procurement team hosted by University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust(UHB), who are responsible for providing dedicated procurement support to all Trusts within the Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull Integrated Care Systems.
BBCS PC have a requirement for a hard-working Assistant Category Manager within the Corporate team, to join our growing team based at our offices in Regent Court- Edgbaston, Birmingham.
In this role you will interface with various stakeholders at all Trusts within the BBCS PC for the Corporate functions. You will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of methodologies to facilitate and monitor contracts. Whilst ensuring all procurement activity is undertaken in accordance with public procurement legislation and Trust standing financial instructions.
You will effectively provide support to the Category Manager who will manage the internal operations and resources to enable the delivery of saving targets and work-plans.
You will be expected to build and maintain professional relationships, implement change and enable the Procurement department to continuously improve the service delivered to stakeholders.
You shall form part of a team spanning multiple Corporate categories where you shall work collaboratively
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