Category Manager
As one of the largest public sector bodies in Scotland and the second largest police service in the UK, a dynamic, efficient, and effective procurement service is essential to meeting the demands of modernisation and delivery.
The Authority is looking to attract candidates for this new role within a thriving Procurement Unit, working with a variety of partners across the organisation to deliver sustainable, strategic and best value procurement projects and activities. There has been a huge investment in the Procurement service, and this is an exciting opportunity for an experienced procurement professional to progress in their career in a dynamic environment.
Reporting to the Strategic Procurement Manager, they will manage and drive the plan of one of the major SPA / Police Scotland categories of spend in order to provide SPA/Police Scotland with efficient and effective provision of procurement services in line with overall organisational goals and relevant legislation and directives. The Category Manager will manage, and be supported by a team of Senior Procurement Specialists, Procurement Specialists, Procurement Officers and Procurement Assistants in order to fulfil their duties.
They will motivate, influence and bring about continuous improvement and value-add deliverables across all responsible categories of non-pay spend, circa £70m, across all relevant suppliers to provide SPA/Police Scotland with efficient, effective and compliant provision of procurement.
They will manage specialist teams of professional procurement staff, devising, implementing and managing all external contracts and covering a very diverse range of contractual areas and relevant specialisms, across the organisation. They will have responsibility for guiding the delivery of efficient, effective tendering processes, contract management and ensuring adherence to legal and statutory requirements and support delivery of Procurement and Supply Chain policy across the entire organisation.
The post-holder will support the development of Police Scotland contracting ability, contracting approaches and risk management and be responsible for implementing these to ensure compliant, transparent and best value spending decisions, whilst supporting innovative procurement and partnership models.
Full details regarding this vacancy can be found in the attached Role Profile.
Applicants must be a British citizen, a member of the EU or other states in the EEA, a Commonwealth citizen or a foreign national free of restrictions.