Buyer & Catalogue Administrator

Job summary

We are recruiting to a Buyer & Catalogue Administrator role, providing procurement support and catalogue management expertise for the Trusts procurement systems.

Working within a proactive and professional team, the post offers an excellent opportunity to develop your procurement skills managing the Trust product catalogue within the Integra procurement, Nexus catalogue management system and Evolve Inventory Management System Catalogues.

You will ideally have procurement systems knowledge and experience of working in a procurement environment and a working knowledge of third-party product catalogue management systems, in addition, procurement office and buying experience would be beneficial with a working knowledge of requisitioning and ordering processes.

As well as catalogue administration, this role will provide procurement advice, assistance and support to all the departments within the Trust and assisting procurement colleagues with the delivery of projects as required.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday, 18th September via Microsoft TEAMs.

Main duties of the job

• Purchase products and services to specified requirements.
• Undertake the negotiation of commercially effective agreements and contracts.
• Support departmental objectives in opportunities to achieve value for money for the Trust.
• Assist to Develop best Practices.
• Actively promote team working and customer care in department.
• Participate in continuous review of processes, practices, and development.
• Actively support and assist in all administrative duties of the department.
• Undertake routine and ad-hoc maintenance of purchasing databases and electronic purchasing and supply systems.
• Being the first line help with any purchasing requirement for all departments and wards within the Trust.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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