TC/851 - Category Lead
£37,849 - £42,683

Ballard House Permanent 37 hours per week Grade I (£37,849 to £42,683) Plus a £5000 Market Forces Supplement per annum

Category Lead - Role Profile

A fantastic opportunity has arisen within our Procurement Service for the right person to join Plymouth City Council as one of our four Category Leads.

About the role

Plymouth has set out an exciting vision for procurement looking to maximise the benefits of a category approach, that is well engaged both with internal and external stakeholders and underpinned by sound commercial practice.

With annual third party spend in the region of £120m and four Category areas your role will support the Facilities Management Category. You will be responsible for professionally leading and managing the Category, providing the strong engagement with key stakeholders both within and outside of the Council. In your role you will be a pivotal role in supporting the Council’s wider objectives including securing robust, value for money savings and efficiencies from our third party spend.

Through your work within the Category area you will ensure statutory and regulatory compliance
whilst enabling procurement as a function to deliver added value contributions against strategic objectives of the Council including Social Value. In addition you will play an important part in supporting and taking forward our ambitious Procurement improvement Plan.

About you

You should have excellent leadership, influencing and negotiation skills within a commercial setting. Being able to provide guidance, advice and support for your related category area to key stakeholders and Members on complex technical and legislative issues relating to procurement and associated commercial matters will be essential.

Building and maintaining positive professional relationships with key stakeholders will be essential, plus you would be able to add constructive challenge where appropriate but critically in doing so be able to enable, support and influence successful solutions. If you think this is you we would welcome your application.

About the process

The accompanying Role Profile provides more details on the role. Your application should be via our online recruitment page at:
https://plymouthcitycouncil.engageats.co.uk/

and provide us with details and evidence on you experience and skills particularly in the following areas: • Leadership and change management
• Commercial acumen, including influencing and negotiation
• Stakeholder management, engagement and communication

This would be the opportunity to demonstrate why you are suitable for this role.

Shortlisted applicants would be invited to interview where we will be looking for you to further demonstrate your experience and skills suitable to the role. This will also include a presentation on a related commercial theme.

The benefits
 
Plymouth is an ambitious City well located within the South West, with main line train links including London, Bristol, Birmingham and ferry links to the continent. Plymouth is located on the edge of the beautiful national park of Dartmoor and great access to coastal areas of south Devon and Cornwall.

By joining Plymouth CC you would benefit from excellent terms of employment, which includes access to Local Government Pension, opportunity for flexible in work practice in a modern setting including home working, plus generous annual leave and other benefits.

The salary for the role is £37,849 / 42,683 + £5,000 additional Market Force Supplement. In addition, for the right applicant a relocation package would be available up to the value of £3,000.

For more information on the benefits to you as an employee of the Council, our priorities and objectives, plus living and working in Plymouth as a City can be found here:

https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/jobscareersandtraining/workingus

If you require any further informaiton, please contact Steve Sandercock, steve.sandercock@plymouth.gov.uk

Closing Date:  Sunday 23 June







Vacancy Description
Ballard House Permanent 37 hours per week Grade I (£37,849 to £42,683) Plus a £5000 Market Forces Supplement per annum
 
Category Lead - Role Profile

A fantastic opportunity has arisen within our Procurement Service for the right person to join Plymouth City Council as one of our four Category Leads.

About the role

Plymouth has set out an exciting vision for procurement looking to maximise the benefits of a category approach, that is well engaged both with internal and external stakeholders and underpinned by sound commercial practice.

With annual third party spend in the region of £120m and four Category areas your role will support the Facilities Management Category. You will be responsible for professionally leading and managing the Category, providing the strong engagement with key stakeholders both within and outside of the Council. In your role you will be a pivotal role in supporting the Council’s wider objectives including securing robust, value for money savings and efficiencies from our third party spend.

Through your work within the Category area you will ensure statutory and regulatory compliance
whilst enabling procurement as a function to deliver added value contributions against strategic objectives of the Council including Social Value. In addition you will play an important part in supporting and taking forward our ambitious Procurement improvement Plan.

About you

You should have excellent leadership, influencing and negotiation skills within a commercial setting. Being able to provide guidance, advice and support for your related category area to key stakeholders and Members on complex technical and legislative issues relating to procurement and associated commercial matters will be essential.

Building and maintaining positive professional relationships with key stakeholders will be essential, plus you would be able to add constructive challenge where appropriate but critically in doing so be able to enable, support and influence successful solutions. If you think this is you we would welcome your application.

About the process

The accompanying Role Profile provides more details on the role. Your application should be via our online recruitment page at:
https://plymouthcitycouncil.engageats.co.uk/

and provide us with details and evidence on you experience and skills particularly in the following areas: • Leadership and change management
• Commercial acumen, including influencing and negotiation
• Stakeholder management, engagement and communication

This would be the opportunity to demonstrate why you are suitable for this role.

Shortlisted applicants would be invited to interview where we will be looking for you to further demonstrate your experience and skills suitable to the role. This will also include a presentation on a related commercial theme.

The benefits
 
Plymouth is an ambitious City well located within the South West, with main line train links including London, Bristol, Birmingham and ferry links to the continent. Plymouth is located on the edge of the beautiful national park of Dartmoor and great access to coastal areas of south Devon and Cornwall.

By joining Plymouth CC you would benefit from excellent terms of employment, which includes access to Local Government Pension, opportunity for flexible in work practice in a modern setting including home working, plus generous annual leave and other benefits.

The salary for the role is £37,849 / 42,683 + £5,000 additional Market Force Supplement. In addition, for the right applicant a relocation package would be available up to the value of £3,000.

For more information on the benefits to you as an employee of the Council, our priorities and objectives, plus living and working in Plymouth as a City can be found here:

https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/jobscareersandtraining/workingus

If you require any further informaiton, please contact Steve Sandercock, steve.sandercock@plymouth.gov.uk

Closing Date:  Sunday 23 June