Job summary
The Procurement department at Airedale General Hospital is part of AGH Solutions LTD, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.
This exciting new role has been created to support the Trust in delivering its ambitious waste reduction/profit challenge targets and will focus on the delivery of cash releasing savings, supplier and user engagement, contract management, including the monitoring of key performance indicators on high value contracts.
The Procurement team pride themselves on providing excellent customer service to their customers and aspire to be the best they can be, assisting areas in providing the care to patients and users within the hospital and community.
AGH Solutions is committed to allowing its employees to work dynamically with a combination of working on site and remotely.
*Previous applicant need not apply*
Main duties of the job
The Strategic Relationship Manager is accountable for the oversight and strategic management of the Trust's extensive Supplier portfolio (c £60M per annum) ensuring that Trusts requirements are met, and Suppliers provide best in class levels of sustainable value.
The post holder will work closely with Procurement, Finance, Clinicians and Corporate Senior Leadership Teams and other business partners in developing and implementing strategies to deliver towards strategic goals. They will also be expected to demonstrate effective leadership, strong Supplier management skills, excellent commercial awareness, and exceptional financial acumen.
Additionally, they will be highly motivated, qualities focused and can influence at the highest level, working in close partnership with senior clinical and operational colleagues.
In relation to the Trust Supplier contract portfolio, they will provide exemplar technical and professional support to senior management across the organisation and with a wide range of external organisations including other local, regional, and national NHS organisations, legal advisers and the supplier organisations.
About us
AGH Solutions was born out of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, a hospital and community services trust based outside Keighley, West Yorkshire.We are privileged to operate in a beautiful part of the country.
The clinical services we support reach far up into the Yorkshire Dales, across the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven patch. We are also lucky to have excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and beyond. Leeds city centre is 25 minutes by train from Keighley.
We provide a wide range of services, from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement.
Our vision is to bring you a flexible, responsive, high quality, value for money service.
Our NHS heritage means we work to the values and ethics of the NHS, and to those of Airedale NHS FT specifically
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Professional qualifications to CIPS standard (degree level or equivalent).
- Full knowledge of computer systems with experience of Microsoft Office.
- Management and leadership qualifications.
Desirable
- Master's Degree in business associated discipline or industry equivalent
Specialist Knowledge including experience of
Essential
- Extensive commercial experience, including success working within the private (non-NHS) sector.
- Management of complex commercial Projects
- Writing and developing specifications
- Defining and monitoring SLAs
- Change Management, Contract and Supplier Management
- Staff Management, Budget Management
- Delivery of Large/Complex projects
- Data Protection Act and Freedom of Information Act
- Contract law, specifically for outsourcing contracts
- Awareness of the working of the NHS & NHS financial accounting practice
- Knowledge and practical understanding of financial and commissioning frameworks
- Knowledge and application of key policies and procedures to include all Information Governance, IT Policies and Procedures; access targets; Booking and Choice; Health & Safety, HR guidance toolkit
Experience required
Essential
- Proven experience in staff management, supervisory and team management.
- A good understanding of contract and EU law.
- Experience of high value tenders.
- Experience of Project Management.
- Effective management and leadership skills.
- An excellent knowledge of negotiations, principles and practices.
- A good understanding of the principles of category management approach to procurement.
- Significant experience of operating at a senior level within a procurement and supplies environment.
Desirable
- Experience in leading a diverse, multi-functional service organisation.
- Experience of a widely dispersed client base.
- Experience in developing an organisation to meet new challenges.
- Experience in driving through efficiency gains and service improvement within a long established organisational culture.
- Experience with financial budgets and management control of expenditure.
- Understanding and acceptance of NHS accountability and governance.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Professional qualifications to CIPS standard (degree level or equivalent).
- Full knowledge of computer systems with experience of Microsoft Office.
- Management and leadership qualifications.
Desirable
- Master's Degree in business associated discipline or industry equivalent
Specialist Knowledge including experience of
Essential
- Extensive commercial experience, including success working within the private (non-NHS) sector.
- Management of complex commercial Projects
- Writing and developing specifications
- Defining and monitoring SLAs
- Change Management, Contract and Supplier Management
- Staff Management, Budget Management
- Delivery of Large/Complex projects
- Data Protection Act and Freedom of Information Act
- Contract law, specifically for outsourcing contracts
- Awareness of the working of the NHS & NHS financial accounting practice
- Knowledge and practical understanding of financial and commissioning frameworks
- Knowledge and application of key policies and procedures to include all Information Governance, IT Policies and Procedures; access targets; Booking and Choice; Health & Safety, HR guidance toolkit
Experience required
Essential
- Proven experience in staff management, supervisory and team management.
- A good understanding of contract and EU law.
- Experience of high value tenders.
- Experience of Project Management.
- Effective management and leadership skills.
- An excellent knowledge of negotiations, principles and practices.
- A good understanding of the principles of category management approach to procurement.
- Significant experience of operating at a senior level within a procurement and supplies environment.
Desirable
- Experience in leading a diverse, multi-functional service organisation.
- Experience of a widely dispersed client base.
- Experience in developing an organisation to meet new challenges.
- Experience in driving through efficiency gains and service improvement within a long established organisational culture.
- Experience with financial budgets and management control of expenditure.
- Understanding and acceptance of NHS accountability and governance.
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).
