Associate Category Analyst

As an Associate Category Analyst, you'll provide essential support across a range of procurement and category management activities, including:

• Collecting and collating spend, supplier and market information to support category strategies and procurement decisions.
• Acting as the first point of contact for category enquiries, providing guidance and directing more complex queries where appropriate.
• Supporting the preparation and publication of tender documentation using the Council's e-procurement systems.
• Maintaining category management tools, procurement trackers, contract records and key documentation to ensure information remains accurate and up to date.
• Organising stakeholder meetings and engagement sessions, including coordinating agendas, papers and follow-up actions.
• Producing information for reports, dashboards and performance monitoring.
• Supporting procurement and category management activities in line with governance, compliance and assurance requirements., The opportunity to develop specialist skills in procurement, data analysis and category management.
  
  Are you organised, analytical and interested in using data to improve public services? Birmingham City Council is looking for an Associate Category Analyst to join our newly established Strategic Category Management team., We're looking for someone who enjoys working with information, has excellent organisational skills and is keen to develop a career in procurement and category management. You'll bring:
• Experience in an administrative, analytical or business support role, managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines.
• Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience of providing high-quality customer service and managing enquiries through to resolution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build positive working relationships.
• Confidence using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Outlook, Word and Excel.
• A willingness to learn category management techniques, procurement systems and public sector procurement principles.
• A commitment to continuous professional development and expanding your procurement knowledge.
  
  At Birmingham City Council, you'll become part of a modern Procurement Service that plays a vital role in delivering value for one of the UK's largest local authorities. In return, we offer, Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city., The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.
There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:
• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council's role as providing strategic leadership - that's being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making. We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.


• Structured learning and development, including support towards professional procurement qualifications where appropriate.
• A supportive and collaborative working environment with experienced procurement professionals.
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities where service needs allow.
• A competitive Local Government Pension Scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
• Access to a wide range of employee wellbeing initiatives and staff benefits.
• The opportunity to help shape how public money is spent to improve services for Birmingham's communities.
Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application., In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.