Job summary
A brilliant opportunity has arisen for the Head of Procurement role within the Trust.
As we look to move beyond the pandemic, the role is fundamental in supporting the Trusts Climate Emergency response and move into a more collaborative and system based environment, whilst implementing the new Procurement Act.
We're looking for someone to lead the Strategic Procurement teams.
- Interview date: 15th December 2023
- 37 hours 30 minutes /week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
- Reporting to the Procurement & Supply Chain Director, this is a key role within the Senior Management Team. You'll provide strategic direction to the Procurement Teams to ensure a proactive service is provided across the Trust in line with our vision and planned direction.
- You'll bring your own proven experience to help us further develop and maintain best practice procurement processes and procedures and keep us up to date and informed of procurement trends and innovation.
- You'll lead your teams to deliver a robust and challenging procurement service that supports the efficient delivery of the highest quality care to the Trust's patients.
- You'll represent the procurement function and Trust on internal and external collaborative organisation improvement / development activities.
- You'll have excellent stakeholder management and communications skills to enable you to work effectively with other senior managers within the Directorate as well as colleagues across the Trust, region and country.
- You'll bring coaching and mentoring skills into play to develop the team as we move forward in a more collaborative environment.
- You'll have highly developed specialist knowledge of procurement, ideally with its application within public sector. This knowledge must be underpinned by theory and experience. Demonstrable knowledge and experience of the NHS procurement landscape would be an advantage but is not essential.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, we have around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The Head of Procurement is part of the Procurement & Supply Chain senior management team and is the first point of contact for specialist expert technical and procurement, business support and planning.
- As the service lead for Procurement and Business Support the post holder is responsible for a number of activities and cross functional teams, including but not limited to: Directorate relationship / category management; strategic procurement and contracts; business support and planning; Shelford / NHS SC / NHS E projects.
- The post holder is responsible for the line management for the Procurement and Business Support Departments and will lead the teams in the establishment and/or enhancement of robust relationships across and within Directorates, to drive productive collaboration between the stakeholders and the Procurementand Business Support function in the effective forward planning andmanagement of activity across the Trust and its stakeholders.
- As a full member of CIPS and educated to masters level (or have the equivalent experience and academic ability for the demands of the post) you must be experienced in leading and managing teams and will be able to demonstrate an appropriate level of experience of managing programmes of work, a project Management qualification would be useful
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The Head of Procurement is part of the Procurement & Supply Chain senior management team and is the first point of contact for specialist expert technical and procurement, business support and planning.
- As the service lead for Procurement and Business Support the post holder is responsible for a number of activities and cross functional teams, including but not limited to: Directorate relationship / category management; strategic procurement and contracts; business support and planning; Shelford / NHS SC / NHS E projects.
- The post holder is responsible for the line management for the Procurement and Business Support Departments and will lead the teams in the establishment and/or enhancement of robust relationships across and within Directorates, to drive productive collaboration between the stakeholders and the Procurementand Business Support function in the effective forward planning andmanagement of activity across the Trust and its stakeholders.
- As a full member of CIPS and educated to masters level (or have the equivalent experience and academic ability for the demands of the post) you must be experienced in leading and managing teams and will be able to demonstrate an appropriate level of experience of managing programmes of work, a project Management qualification would be useful
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Appropriate master's level qualification or equivalent experience and academic ability for the demands of the post
- Higher level Management / Leadership Qualification (such as Hons Degree, Post Grad or Masters) or equivalent experience and academic ability for the demands of the post
- Full membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (MCIPS or FCIPS)
- Project Management Qualification (such as PRINCE2 practitioner) or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of continued professional development
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Highly developed specialised knowledge of public procurement and its application within public sector. This knowledge must be underpinned by theory and a wealth of experience
- Comprehensive knowledge of operational services and the inter-linkages across the organisation
- Comprehensive knowledge of project management and project forward planning underpinned by applied experience
- Comprehensive knowledge of eProcurement systems (tendering, P2P, Inventory Management)
- Working knowledge of National Procurement Strategies and associated plans
- Proven experience at developing and managing within a complex procurement environment at a senior management level that demonstrates expert knowledge in: o Procurement and information systems and their application within public sector procurement. o Comprehensive knowledge of public procurement and its application within the public sector. o Proven experience of managing large, complex programmes that cut across a variety of stakeholders. o Proven experience of developing commercial relationships that provide benefit (include financial) to the organisation. o Change management.o Relationship management. o Resource management. o Budget management. o Project management. o Data analysis. o Presentation skills. o Staff development and mentoring. o Proven experience of delivery year on year cost improvement plans, strategic targets and objectives.
Desirable
- NHS Procurement in an acute environment
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Proven track record of forging robust stakeholder relationships, with the skills to on-board and motive stakeholders throughout programme of work
- Strong communication skills and persuasiveness in presenting, negotiating and resolving complex issues
- IT skills literate in Microsoft packages, including Outlook, Word. Access, Excel and PowerPoint
- Must be pragmatic and structured
- Leadership skills, including change management and leadership, coaching and mentoring
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- Appropriate master's level qualification or equivalent experience and academic ability for the demands of the post
- Higher level Management / Leadership Qualification (such as Hons Degree, Post Grad or Masters) or equivalent experience and academic ability for the demands of the post
- Full membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (MCIPS or FCIPS)
- Project Management Qualification (such as PRINCE2 practitioner) or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of continued professional development
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Highly developed specialised knowledge of public procurement and its application within public sector. This knowledge must be underpinned by theory and a wealth of experience
- Comprehensive knowledge of operational services and the inter-linkages across the organisation
- Comprehensive knowledge of project management and project forward planning underpinned by applied experience
- Comprehensive knowledge of eProcurement systems (tendering, P2P, Inventory Management)
- Working knowledge of National Procurement Strategies and associated plans
- Proven experience at developing and managing within a complex procurement environment at a senior management level that demonstrates expert knowledge in: o Procurement and information systems and their application within public sector procurement. o Comprehensive knowledge of public procurement and its application within the public sector. o Proven experience of managing large, complex programmes that cut across a variety of stakeholders. o Proven experience of developing commercial relationships that provide benefit (include financial) to the organisation. o Change management.o Relationship management. o Resource management. o Budget management. o Project management. o Data analysis. o Presentation skills. o Staff development and mentoring. o Proven experience of delivery year on year cost improvement plans, strategic targets and objectives.
Desirable
- NHS Procurement in an acute environment
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Proven track record of forging robust stakeholder relationships, with the skills to on-board and motive stakeholders throughout programme of work
- Strong communication skills and persuasiveness in presenting, negotiating and resolving complex issues
- IT skills literate in Microsoft packages, including Outlook, Word. Access, Excel and PowerPoint
- Must be pragmatic and structured
- Leadership skills, including change management and leadership, coaching and mentoring
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).
