Category Manager - Medical Surgical in Southampton inSouthampton PUBLISHED FRI 13 JUN 2025 Jump to job information section

Open only to applicants from Hampshire & Isle of Wight NHS system, which is limited to; Hampshire IOW Healthcare NHS Trust, Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trust, University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust, South Central Ambulance Service or Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust

The procurement roles are interesting and varied. Procurement aim to be the go-to team, providing innovative solutions and commercial expertise; an expert team that can think creatively to meet the business needs and make a difference for our patients and service users. The strategic sourcing team benefits from the use of established systems and works alongside an excellent operational team that covers the whole purchase to pay process.

The diverse and dynamic team aim to provide a holistic service from business case to award, implementation and commercial contract management (in support of the operational manager).

The Category Manager will work predominantly in the Medical Surgical category but can expect to work across any category to support delivery of the work plan.

You will be either: an experienced procurement professional with medical surgical category expertise, a commercial manager in the medical surgical sector with significant relevant experience selling into the NHS and demonstrable experience in project management or a medical surgical subject matter expert with experience of procurement.

The main components of the role are:

• Category strategy and planning; strategically analysing and managing allocated areas of procurement spend to leverage buying decisions
• Sourcing; buying goods and services to deliver business outcomes
• Contract and supplier management; managing the successful delivery of business outcomes (once sourced)

About us

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.