Job summary
This full time permanent position is within a fast paced team working on complex tenders to deliver category plans and savings. It is an exciting opportunity for a highly literate and public procurement-competent individual to support the delivery of a significant programme of change within Pathology category.
You will relish the opportunity to assist in the delivery of Frimley Health's strategic category management programme, be responsible for the delivery of a specific strategic sourcing programme within Pathology category with an ambitious cost improvement programme across the BSPS network. The network is made up of 5 partner Trusts namely Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals, Frimley Health Foundation Trust, Royal Berkshire, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for managing large procurement projects in conjunction within Pathology. You will work to identify and manage procurements that deliver savings whilst ensuring a high level of patient care. You'll also use your up-to-date knowledge to provide day to day information and advice on procurement processes, protocols and policy to key end users within the Trust as well as providing an invaluable contribution to the project team meetings on an on-going basis.
The role offers real potential to put your purchasing and project management expertise and experience into practice and gain the satisfaction of knowing that you have made a significant contribution towards the provision of high-quality care to our patients.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Some of the main job responsibilities are:
- Delivery of strategic procurement initiatives
- Efficient and effective delivery of procurement services
- Maximise value for money opportunities through process improvement and total cost of ownership modelling
- Develop, manage and report on an agreed work and savings plans
- Comply with all relevant procurement legislation
- Act as the subject matter expert within category, leading by example
- Solve complex problems
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details, if you have any queries regarding any part of this position please contact us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Some of the main job responsibilities are:
- Delivery of strategic procurement initiatives
- Efficient and effective delivery of procurement services
- Maximise value for money opportunities through process improvement and total cost of ownership modelling
- Develop, manage and report on an agreed work and savings plans
- Comply with all relevant procurement legislation
- Act as the subject matter expert within category, leading by example
- Solve complex problems
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more details, if you have any queries regarding any part of this position please contact us.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Advanced Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) or similar appropriate professional institute or relevant experience.
- Educated to Degree level
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Evidence of having undertaken/ 1.Supply chain management training/ 2.Purchasing procedures workshops/ 3.Additional specialist courses
Desirable
- Member of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)
- Project Management PRINCE 2
Experience
Essential
- knowledge in a category management role with experience relevant to the areas outlined in the job description.
- Prior understanding of the technical requirements of public sector procurement, in terms of the practical application of the EU Principles, UK Law (Public Contracts Regulations 2015) and best practice guidance to a range of project-based procurement activities.
- Evidence of ability to plan, develop and implement initiatives without direct supervision
- Evidence of achievements in savings / Service improvements
- Experience of being accountable for high value complex health procurements and identifying links to national, regional and local procurement priorities
Desirable
- Experience of working with senior staff and clinicians
- Experience of working with the NHS Terms and Conditions of Supply
- Experience of applying principles of change management
Skills
Essential
- Ability to effectively manage and successfully deliver a number of projects of varying complexities with competing timescales, where stakeholder availability and input are critical.
- Able to determine the appropriate method to present new and/or complex information to internal and external stakeholders sometimes in a hostile environment
- Excellent presentational skills for conveying highly complex concepts and to raise the profile of procurement within the Trust.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Able to work in a team of peers offering support and specialist advice in own area of work streams.
- Ability to understand technical, procedural or legal risks and issues of various levels of complexity which require consistent and compliant advice or practical resolution either independently or collaboratively as appropriate
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex information to assess issues, anticipate problems and provide effective solutions to meet the needs of stakeholders
- Able to work on a number of projects or pieces of work simultaneously and deliver to agreed deadlines, despite likely conflicting pressures from various stakeholders.
- Management of own time to accommodate frequent telephone calls, e-mail and face to face interruptions from colleagues requiring urgent and immediate responses to queries.
- Ability and willingness to take decisions and take accountability in own role.
- Self-motivated with a proactive approach to problem solving.
- Demonstrable advanced IT skills including specialist software for contract management, e-tendering, mathematical, logical formulas and to generate accurate charts/graphs.
- Good knowledge of MS Office suite
- Ability to negotiate with staff at all levels and use informed persuasion to influence others, including senior NHS personnel.
- Able to gain the confidence, co-operation and enthusiasm of non-finance managers, including Directors, in communicating complex, technical financial information.
- To be seen as a credible and knowledgeable procurement person both within the organisation and externally (with other public sector bodies such as those providing framework agreements for use and with suppliers to the Trust irrespective of whether this is part of a procurement project or otherwise)
Desirable
- Working knowledge of Bravo e-tendering and Bravo Spend Analytics
- Ability to work autonomously with credibility at a senior level of the organisation with the trust board, senior managers and clinicians
- Developed knowledge of Microsoft products and able to use initiative and knowledge of these products to suggest and implement process improvements. Able to create spreadsheets, financial models and documents. Ability to communicate effectively at senior level including to Board level
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Advanced Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) or similar appropriate professional institute or relevant experience.
- Educated to Degree level
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Evidence of having undertaken/ 1.Supply chain management training/ 2.Purchasing procedures workshops/ 3.Additional specialist courses
Desirable
- Member of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)
- Project Management PRINCE 2
Experience
Essential
- knowledge in a category management role with experience relevant to the areas outlined in the job description.
- Prior understanding of the technical requirements of public sector procurement, in terms of the practical application of the EU Principles, UK Law (Public Contracts Regulations 2015) and best practice guidance to a range of project-based procurement activities.
- Evidence of ability to plan, develop and implement initiatives without direct supervision
- Evidence of achievements in savings / Service improvements
- Experience of being accountable for high value complex health procurements and identifying links to national, regional and local procurement priorities
Desirable
- Experience of working with senior staff and clinicians
- Experience of working with the NHS Terms and Conditions of Supply
- Experience of applying principles of change management
Skills
Essential
- Ability to effectively manage and successfully deliver a number of projects of varying complexities with competing timescales, where stakeholder availability and input are critical.
- Able to determine the appropriate method to present new and/or complex information to internal and external stakeholders sometimes in a hostile environment
- Excellent presentational skills for conveying highly complex concepts and to raise the profile of procurement within the Trust.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Able to work in a team of peers offering support and specialist advice in own area of work streams.
- Ability to understand technical, procedural or legal risks and issues of various levels of complexity which require consistent and compliant advice or practical resolution either independently or collaboratively as appropriate
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex information to assess issues, anticipate problems and provide effective solutions to meet the needs of stakeholders
- Able to work on a number of projects or pieces of work simultaneously and deliver to agreed deadlines, despite likely conflicting pressures from various stakeholders.
- Management of own time to accommodate frequent telephone calls, e-mail and face to face interruptions from colleagues requiring urgent and immediate responses to queries.
- Ability and willingness to take decisions and take accountability in own role.
- Self-motivated with a proactive approach to problem solving.
- Demonstrable advanced IT skills including specialist software for contract management, e-tendering, mathematical, logical formulas and to generate accurate charts/graphs.
- Good knowledge of MS Office suite
- Ability to negotiate with staff at all levels and use informed persuasion to influence others, including senior NHS personnel.
- Able to gain the confidence, co-operation and enthusiasm of non-finance managers, including Directors, in communicating complex, technical financial information.
- To be seen as a credible and knowledgeable procurement person both within the organisation and externally (with other public sector bodies such as those providing framework agreements for use and with suppliers to the Trust irrespective of whether this is part of a procurement project or otherwise)
Desirable
- Working knowledge of Bravo e-tendering and Bravo Spend Analytics
- Ability to work autonomously with credibility at a senior level of the organisation with the trust board, senior managers and clinicians
- Developed knowledge of Microsoft products and able to use initiative and knowledge of these products to suggest and implement process improvements. Able to create spreadsheets, financial models and documents. Ability to communicate effectively at senior level including to Board level
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
