Job summary
To deliver a strategic procurement service for all participating Trusts. Lead on a category specific portfolio of projects/programmes and produce significant results within key markets, ensuring contract compliance, sustainable cost improvements, and a range of benefits in the delivery of enhanced patient/client care.To develop strong customer/stakeholder relationships in order to meet customer requirements by demonstrating best value for money, compliance with category priorities and contracts, and by actively managing the market place through taking the lead in the development of key strategies for supplier and contract management.To support the Category Director and category team in the development, maintenance and effective delivery of a Category Strategy that delivers high value cost and efficiency savings and benefits across a large number of Trusts.Uses robust data to research needs, analyse current spend within category and develop the business case to support the overall procurement strategy for NHS LPP.
Main duties of the job
Delivers Procurement StrategyResearches needs and complexities, plans and develops a viablebusiness case for the pursuance of procurement projects in line with defined priorities for service improvement.To implement procurement strategy and lead on assigned areas of thestrategic plan and ensure that performance management systems are focused and utilised effectively to create the business case, meet governance requirements and achieve goals.Ensures that local, regional and national procurement plans are integrated with category management.To consistently meet procurement targets relating to quality, value and innovation.Ensures that key performance objectives are identified and strategies are in place and inform plans to enable procurement performance to be monitored across the health economy.Optimises contract compliance across all NHS LPP shareholders / stakeholders of all the national, LPP and local contracts.Ensures all procurement activities operate in full accordance with legal(EU legislation), environment and sustainability requirements.Maintains an awareness of and integration with national procurementinitiatives, undertaken across the NHS landscape.Identifies and manages risk throughout the procurement process.Prioritises work in relation to overall strategic framework of NHS LPP and its relationship to the NHS Operating Framework.Makes commercial decisions and presents plans and recommendations to key decision-makers and influencers at senior management level.
About us
Would you like to join an ambitious procurement collaborative organisation to support with the development and implementation of ambitious strategies in the Workforce category team?
Do you have extensive Workforce knowledge/experience, Temporary Staffing background the ability to work with internal, external and partner organisation stakeholders
This role is key to driving savings and revenue generation activity, as the category strategies and plans will be instrumental in attracting new customers and maximising uptake to NHS LPP contracts both regionally and nationally.
The role will require an ability to work alongside both external operational teams as well as senior level stakeholders on a regional and national basis to drive collaboration and provide strategic Workforce procurement expertise.
Along with significant senior procurement experience in a procurement and supply chain role, that includes HR / Workforce / Contingent Labour, you will be able to demonstrate experience in strategic sourcing and category management. Significant supplier management and contract negotiation experience along with a record of achieving substantial value for money will also be key to success.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Gather and assemble data to form the baseline and spend data to inform procurement strategy and priorities within the category.Analyses and integrates highly complex data from several sources to inform the category strategy.To provide specialist advice on local and regional procurement activities.Works to integrate local procurement within category managementAdvises on and supports local procurement activitProactively manages allocated categoriesDevelop, implement, monitor and review procurement strategies for allocated categoryGathers and analyses comprehensive data on products and suppliers to support portfolio and category analysisImplements action to support environmental, social and ethical policies in procurement.Firmly establishes immediate and future requirements of the customer and plans these into workload.Develops and manages supplier relationships.Project management of the whole tendering process from initial scoping through to contract award.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Gather and assemble data to form the baseline and spend data to inform procurement strategy and priorities within the category.Analyses and integrates highly complex data from several sources to inform the category strategy.To provide specialist advice on local and regional procurement activities.Works to integrate local procurement within category managementAdvises on and supports local procurement activitProactively manages allocated categoriesDevelop, implement, monitor and review procurement strategies for allocated categoryGathers and analyses comprehensive data on products and suppliers to support portfolio and category analysisImplements action to support environmental, social and ethical policies in procurement.Firmly establishes immediate and future requirements of the customer and plans these into workload.Develops and manages supplier relationships.Project management of the whole tendering process from initial scoping through to contract award.
Person Specification
Qualifications /Education
Essential
- Educated to degree level and above or equivalent in-depth experience
- Masters level qualified or equivalent in-depth experience
- Recognised continuing professional development
- Supply chain management training to be supplemented by additional specialist courses as required.
- Account management skills training.
Desirable
- Project Management (Prince 2 Practitioner)
- Registered full Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIP
- Procurement procedure's workshop
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant experience & understanding and application of strategic sourcing methodologies
- Advanced negotiation experience
- Experience of team working, delegation and empowerment
- Experience of contract management Experience in resolving queries and influencing people
Desirable
- Understanding of NHS, wider public procurement and commercial world
- Senior specialist commercial / industry experience in procurement and supply in a senior management role
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
Essential
- Supply chain management training Skills
- Excellent ability to communicate at strategic level and impart a wide range of highly complex and commercially sensitive information to groups of customers/stakeholders and suppliers
- Risk assessment/analysis and management training
- Highly developed Statistical and Data Analysis
- Evidence of Customer and Suppplier Relationship Management.
- Price and Product segmentation /Market Analysis
- Project Management - the ability to manage large highly complex capital projects, involving personnel from many disciplines/departments in client organisations and suppliers.
Desirable
- Purchasing and Sourcing Skills
Person Specification
Qualifications /Education
Essential
- Educated to degree level and above or equivalent in-depth experience
- Masters level qualified or equivalent in-depth experience
- Recognised continuing professional development
- Supply chain management training to be supplemented by additional specialist courses as required.
- Account management skills training.
Desirable
- Project Management (Prince 2 Practitioner)
- Registered full Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIP
- Procurement procedure's workshop
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant experience & understanding and application of strategic sourcing methodologies
- Advanced negotiation experience
- Experience of team working, delegation and empowerment
- Experience of contract management Experience in resolving queries and influencing people
Desirable
- Understanding of NHS, wider public procurement and commercial world
- Senior specialist commercial / industry experience in procurement and supply in a senior management role
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
Essential
- Supply chain management training Skills
- Excellent ability to communicate at strategic level and impart a wide range of highly complex and commercially sensitive information to groups of customers/stakeholders and suppliers
- Risk assessment/analysis and management training
- Highly developed Statistical and Data Analysis
- Evidence of Customer and Suppplier Relationship Management.
- Price and Product segmentation /Market Analysis
- Project Management - the ability to manage large highly complex capital projects, involving personnel from many disciplines/departments in client organisations and suppliers.
Desirable
- Purchasing and Sourcing Skills
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
