Assistant Category Manager

Job overview

At NHS Commercial Solutions (NHSCS), making a difference is central to our work. If you’re motivated by delivering meaningful impact across the NHS, this role could be for you. We are recruiting a Assistant Category Manager to join our team.

Why join NHSCS? You’ll work at the heart of public sector procurement, directly supporting the NHS. You’ll gain experience across diverse sectors, build strong commercial insight, and develop a deep understanding of how public sector organisations operate. You’ll collaborate on consultancy projects that deliver tangible value and help design high‑impact frameworks that drive efficiency and innovation.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career within our strategic category teams, supporting key areas which are vital to helping the NHS manage ongoing system pressures.

These strategic roles will drive value through delivering projects, frameworks and procurements for customers. They involve extensive engagement with NHS organisations, wider public sector bodies, Integrated Care Systems and NHS England.

We are seeking highly motivated individuals who want to make a positive difference. You should bring communication skills, commercial acumen, and enthusiasm for procurement.

Main duties of the job

The role will work across multiple procurement programmes to improve value and quality for trusts.

Skills, experience, and a passion for this subject area are essential, together with a need for strong practical implementation experience.

This role will provide advisory services, collaborative solutions, supplier market expertise and work with NHS Trusts to build and retain talent. Key responsibilities include:

• improving stakeholder benefit and advantage through solutions
• engaging with stakeholders to understand their strategic integrated business plans and developing solutions that meet their needs;
• developing and implementing project solutions, both on a collaborative and bespoke project management basis;
• engaging with supplier markets to maintain the highest standard of market intelligence

You will work with within the team to delvelop and carry out tender/quotation excercises, framework management and support meeting customer expectations.

Our offices are in Dorking, Surrey.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for further details on the role, including key responsibilities, requirements, and expectations.