SYP - Senior Category Manager

Role: Senior Category Manager

Department: Regional Procurement

Location: Sheffield, Wakefield, Melton or Northallerton

Term: Permanent

Band: G

Salary: £39,918 - £43,908

Hours per week: 37

See attachments for Summary of Main Duties & Person Specification

We are a regional procurement unit supporting the four Police Forces and Police and Crime Commissioners in the Yorkshire and the Humber region and have an office base within each of the four Force areas.

We are looking to appoint a suitably experienced Senior Category Manager to join our regional team who has achieved the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Level 6 Graduate Diploma (see Person Specification). The successful candidate will be a well-established, experienced professional with a full understanding of public sector procurement with the ability to manage a category area, undertake complex procurement exercises and lead and motivate others. 

Candidates should be able to demonstrate capability in line with the requirements set out in the Person Specification. 

There is a requirement to travel across the region to meet with customers but the successful candidate would be able to choose the most convenient of our offices to base themselves.

For more information regarding the role responsibilities, please see the Summary of Main Duties & for a breakdown of the essential criteria, please refer to the Person Specification.

For further information about this post please, contact Deborah Walker (07464 983772). Please do not contact this number for an application form.

Applicants must meet the minimum checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for all individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity.  A minimum checkable history period of 3 Years has been identified for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

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Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and an agreement is made with the HR Manager - Recruitment and the Line Manager for the role.

Closing date: Wednesday 21st November 2018

To apply for the role, please submit an Expression of Interest to Recruiting@southyorks.pnn.police.uk with the job title and closing date in the subject of the email. 

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