Job summary
On behalf of Hertfordshire and West Essex NHS Procurement the Procurement Officer will directly report into the Senior Strategic Procurement Lead and will be supporting complex procurement projects to ensure that they are compliant with policy and processes, deliver tangible savings and undertake efficiency improvements as well as supporting operational team activities.
This is full time 37.5 hours per week permanent role.
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Main duties of the job
The post holder will have knowledge of, or will be prepared to learn, Public Sector procurement and contracting legislation, and may have experience of complex procurement projects.
The role also requires an individual with commercial acumen and success in actively supporting driving, managing and leveraging clinical category spend.
The Procurement Officer will support planning and coordinating projects that span across multiple member trusts and will be required to ensure the ICS obtains best value for money and standardisation across trusts.
The Procurement Officer will embody a culture of continual improvement, ensuring that business processes are effective and efficient and enable the highest possible levels of service quality to be provided.
The post holder will be required to support on any other Procurement activities required within the team.
The Procurement Officer will also support and contribute to Cost Improvement Programmes (CIPs), ensuring savings plans and targets are achieved and exceeded across the Trusts where possible.
The post holder will support long-term contract management arrangements and support regular review of compliance.
About us
With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us. We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare. Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience. Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others. We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance. www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking If you have a disability or long-term health condition and should you require support or guidance please contact westherts.recruitment@nhs.net If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form. We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Use well developed communication, negotiation and influencing skills to engage a range of staff to enable the delivery of goods and services
Engage with key stakeholders to embody a value and cost-conscious culture throughout the procurement function.
Maintain the reputation of the ICS team as a highly professional service with effective business partnering arrangements ensuring maximum satisfaction among both internal and external stakeholders.
Support the Procurement Managers and Strategic Procurement Managers (as required) in conducting frequent face to face, written, verbal and electronic communications with a range of stakeholders in order to deliver, co-ordinate and implement delivery of all major change programmes.
Support a culture in which value for money is obtained from all supplier expenditure.
Support in the production of formal and informal reports, recommendations and reviews for guidance and information purposes.
Identify and develop potential opportunities to collaborate further in line with the Hertfordshire and West Essex ICS and beyond.
Promote the ICS procurement team and educate the wider organisation as to the benefits of effective collaborative procurement.
Respond swiftly to stakeholder requests for advice and procurement support, signposting where necessary.
Produce reports that clearly communicate team performance against key metrics to Procurement Managers.
Understand the key commercial risks across spend categories.
Understand trade-offs across commercial, policy, delivery and operations
Deliver a strategic Procurement service for identified categories.Analyse data in order to identify opportunities for enhanced service, cost savings or process improvements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Use well developed communication, negotiation and influencing skills to engage a range of staff to enable the delivery of goods and services
Engage with key stakeholders to embody a value and cost-conscious culture throughout the procurement function.
Maintain the reputation of the ICS team as a highly professional service with effective business partnering arrangements ensuring maximum satisfaction among both internal and external stakeholders.
Support the Procurement Managers and Strategic Procurement Managers (as required) in conducting frequent face to face, written, verbal and electronic communications with a range of stakeholders in order to deliver, co-ordinate and implement delivery of all major change programmes.
Support a culture in which value for money is obtained from all supplier expenditure.
Support in the production of formal and informal reports, recommendations and reviews for guidance and information purposes.
Identify and develop potential opportunities to collaborate further in line with the Hertfordshire and West Essex ICS and beyond.
Promote the ICS procurement team and educate the wider organisation as to the benefits of effective collaborative procurement.
Respond swiftly to stakeholder requests for advice and procurement support, signposting where necessary.
Produce reports that clearly communicate team performance against key metrics to Procurement Managers.
Understand the key commercial risks across spend categories.
Understand trade-offs across commercial, policy, delivery and operations
Deliver a strategic Procurement service for identified categories.Analyse data in order to identify opportunities for enhanced service, cost savings or process improvements.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Honours degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
- CIPS Qualified, working towards or willing to work towards
- Relevant leadership experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of best practice procurement
- Knowledge of purchasing and supply chain management techniques
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS Procurement standards.
- Knowledge of E.U. Directives and the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and future changes
Experience
Essential
- Hands-on experience in procurement and supply.
- Experience of working in a customer and results focused environment.
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS and an understanding of current issues
- Previous clinical procurement experience
- Successful negotiation and implementation of purchasing agreements.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Honours degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
- CIPS Qualified, working towards or willing to work towards
- Relevant leadership experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of best practice procurement
- Knowledge of purchasing and supply chain management techniques
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS Procurement standards.
- Knowledge of E.U. Directives and the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and future changes
Experience
Essential
- Hands-on experience in procurement and supply.
- Experience of working in a customer and results focused environment.
Desirable
- Experience of working within the NHS and an understanding of current issues
- Previous clinical procurement experience
- Successful negotiation and implementation of purchasing agreements.
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).
