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Job overview

This is a rare opportunity within the clinical strategic sourcing team within Cambridge University Hospitals. 

We are looking for individuals keen to join a growing Procurement and Supply Chain organisation to deliver value through the execution and delivery of strategic business intelligence, procurement, and category management.

As an Assistant Purchasing Manager, you will report to the Senior Purchasing Manager and Purchasing manager and have responsibility for the delivery and implementation of strategic contracts on the system from the point of opportunity analysis, through an award to compare costs, quality, and service to secure best value for the Trust you will be in charge of the system side of strategic sourcing and have interaction from all Purchasing Managers.

In the first instance, you will be focused on a strategic sourcing project of the contract database involving all clinical services, although the portfolio will evolve over time.

Main duties of the job

Working under the leadership Senior Purchasing Manager and or Purchasing Manager  the Assistant Purchasing Managers will:

•  Help strategic sourcing team for specific products and services with both clinical and non-clinical categories. Key aspects of a typical sourcing project include
• Monitoring of demand and identification of sourcing opportunities to determine goods, looking after the contracts on the system for all clinical and non-clinical
• Development and sign-off of business cases to support go-to-market strategy
• Interface with users to ensure their needs and requirements are understood and accurately captured especially within the procurement department
• Working with business intelligence to cleanse the system, to enable strategic sourcing to obtain correct data 
• Keep contract system up-to date
• Evaluate finance options and ensure approval by divisional users
• Delivery of fit-for-purpose sourcing solutions for clinical and non-clinical products and services making
• Sure system matches what contracts are in place
• Implementation of new contracts and Service Level Agreements

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background