Job summary
Our ambition is high, and this role is integral in supporting NHSBTs major transformation of the Commercial Function. Reporting to the Commercial Director you will provide strong thought leadership and strategic thinking, collaborate effectively, embrace volatility and work successfully within a broad and complex organisational structure.
You will have the opportunity to transform our Commercial Function for the benefit of donors, patients, and hospitals. Also, the opportunity to use your outstanding leadership skills to coach, develop and lead the NHSBT team and our suppliers by shaping and delivering transformational change.
NHSBT plays a critical role by ensuring hospitals have the blood products, plasma, tissues, organs, and stem cells to deliver treatments and operations to patients. We take a proactive role in driving improvement and innovation, from emerging new technologies and evolving clinical practice, while reacting to changing demographics and trends.
Main duties of the job
Manage a variety of complex workstreams, often needing to shift between multiple areas.
Engage with a range of stakeholders and have the ability to manage and build relationships.
Responsible for creating, maintaining, and developing the pipeline of activity across NHSBT. This includes ensuring that the ATAMIS system is updated at all times to capture the needs of the business resultant activities with appropriate resourcing.
Maintain responsibility for the delivery of the most highly complex and cross-functionally supported sourcing and procurement activity in NHSBT.
Lead on a range of relationships and key strategic alliances with senior internal and external stakeholders to shape commercial strategies and ensure delivery of commercial activity across UKHSA.
Drive innovation, with a strong focus on value for money and flexibility.
Take responsibility for the vision, strategy, and framework for a number of categories on behalf of the Commercial function.
Provide strong thought leadership and strategic thinking, collaborate effectively, embrace volatility, and work successfully within a broad and complex organisational structure.
Manage complexity, applying judgement and making decisions whilst collaborating effectively with levels within the Commercial Function and across NHSBT.
Be an effective leader with strong interpersonal and negotiating ability, and be able to lead teams, acting as an advocate for change and continuous improvement.
About us
It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.
Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do.
By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.
You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To learn more, please see our recruitment profile, which provides a summary of the job description and person specification. This can be accessed via the link below, or by clicking Apply if you are viewing this advert on another site.
What we offer:
-
This role
is hybrid and can be based at any of our national centres.
-
NHSBT
promotes flexible working opportunities.
-
27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus
Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years service and to 33 days
after 10 years.
-
NHS
pension scheme. The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not
dependent on investment returns) Further details and outline of benefits can be
found at: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions
-
We
have fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led,
engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full
potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program
embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of
activities to support your personal and professional growth. It is open to
everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your
role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To learn more, please see our recruitment profile, which provides a summary of the job description and person specification. This can be accessed via the link below, or by clicking Apply if you are viewing this advert on another site.
What we offer:
-
This role
is hybrid and can be based at any of our national centres.
-
NHSBT
promotes flexible working opportunities.
-
27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus
Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years service and to 33 days
after 10 years.
-
NHS
pension scheme. The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not
dependent on investment returns) Further details and outline of benefits can be
found at: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions
-
We
have fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led,
engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full
potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program
embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of
activities to support your personal and professional growth. It is open to
everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your
role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level and have a recognised MCIPS Professional Procurement Qualification, with significant/several years post qualification experience plus evidence of continued professional development.
- Higher than average, demonstrable knowledge of IT skills is required. An up to date understanding of e-Procurement / IT / business intelligence technology and how this can be proactively developed, in order to enhance the deployment and automation of procurement processes. Frequent use of Microsoft software packages is expected.
- Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD).
Experience
Essential
- Significant procurement management experience within a large, multi-disciplined organisation(s).
- Significant experience operating at a strategic procurement level in a senior leadership role, working with multiple stakeholders, developing, and fostering effective partnership approaches, acquired through training and practical experience.
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of procurement strategies, public procurement regulations, EU Directives and OJEU process models and the capability to deploy these effectively across the organisation. The intellectual capacity and capability to seek out better practice and external developments through National and International Networks and apply to NHSBT.
- Expert knowledge, understanding and experience of applying / implementing procurement initiatives including development of supplier relationships, Key Performance Indicators, Contracts within the wider NHS approach to governance and current better practice in this area. Additionally, to have a high level of knowledge of the workings of the Assurance Framework, Audit and Inspection and Performance Review processes.
- Expert experience, knowledge and understanding of contract law, terms and conditions, UK legislation, Freedom of Information Act and common law in relation to all aspects of purchasing and supply. An understanding and application of performance management systems.
- Expert knowledge and experience of operational and strategic procurement management in a large organisation.
- Knowledge, understanding and practical experience of complex internal multi-disciplined relationships and international relationships across global manufacturing and service supply chains.
- Able to bring an open mind to the funding issues faced by NHSBT and the ability and knowledge to use the procurement process to assist and support the strategic savings plans.
- Understanding, knowledge, and ability to interpret the general external NHS environment, NHS strategy, NHS policies, the workings of Central Government, Ministers of State and Senior Civil Servants is a key facet to this role. To understand how these translate into NHSBT goals and standards. Work within existing policies and procedures whilst using research and benchmarking data to challenge existing norms.
- Knowledge and practical experience of negotiating in a hostile environment, Category Strategy and Industrial Strategy, Commercial Systems, Investment Governance and Assurance.
- Experience in selecting, setting up and configuring commercial IT Systems.
- Expert knowledge of data and reporting, and of contract drafting, market engagement and social value, sourcing strategy and sustainable procurement.
- Expert knowledge of tender strategy and document creation and evaluation methodologies.
- Experienced in Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level and have a recognised MCIPS Professional Procurement Qualification, with significant/several years post qualification experience plus evidence of continued professional development.
- Higher than average, demonstrable knowledge of IT skills is required. An up to date understanding of e-Procurement / IT / business intelligence technology and how this can be proactively developed, in order to enhance the deployment and automation of procurement processes. Frequent use of Microsoft software packages is expected.
- Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD).
Experience
Essential
- Significant procurement management experience within a large, multi-disciplined organisation(s).
- Significant experience operating at a strategic procurement level in a senior leadership role, working with multiple stakeholders, developing, and fostering effective partnership approaches, acquired through training and practical experience.
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of procurement strategies, public procurement regulations, EU Directives and OJEU process models and the capability to deploy these effectively across the organisation. The intellectual capacity and capability to seek out better practice and external developments through National and International Networks and apply to NHSBT.
- Expert knowledge, understanding and experience of applying / implementing procurement initiatives including development of supplier relationships, Key Performance Indicators, Contracts within the wider NHS approach to governance and current better practice in this area. Additionally, to have a high level of knowledge of the workings of the Assurance Framework, Audit and Inspection and Performance Review processes.
- Expert experience, knowledge and understanding of contract law, terms and conditions, UK legislation, Freedom of Information Act and common law in relation to all aspects of purchasing and supply. An understanding and application of performance management systems.
- Expert knowledge and experience of operational and strategic procurement management in a large organisation.
- Knowledge, understanding and practical experience of complex internal multi-disciplined relationships and international relationships across global manufacturing and service supply chains.
- Able to bring an open mind to the funding issues faced by NHSBT and the ability and knowledge to use the procurement process to assist and support the strategic savings plans.
- Understanding, knowledge, and ability to interpret the general external NHS environment, NHS strategy, NHS policies, the workings of Central Government, Ministers of State and Senior Civil Servants is a key facet to this role. To understand how these translate into NHSBT goals and standards. Work within existing policies and procedures whilst using research and benchmarking data to challenge existing norms.
- Knowledge and practical experience of negotiating in a hostile environment, Category Strategy and Industrial Strategy, Commercial Systems, Investment Governance and Assurance.
- Experience in selecting, setting up and configuring commercial IT Systems.
- Expert knowledge of data and reporting, and of contract drafting, market engagement and social value, sourcing strategy and sustainable procurement.
- Expert knowledge of tender strategy and document creation and evaluation methodologies.
- Experienced in Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint).
Additional information
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).
