Job summary
Employer heading
Contracts Buyer - Sulis
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Job overview
* Please note your employer will be Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust although you can be based at GWH, Swindon, or RUH, Bath or Salisbury District Hospitals
BSW Acute Hospital Alliance Procurement service is an NHS procurement service hosted by Salisbury NHSFT providing strategic, tactical, transactional, and Supply Chain services across the 3 acute trusts and community in the ICS: Royal United Hospital Bath NHSFT, Great Western Hospitals NHSFT and Salisbury NHSFT.
An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a dynamic, focused, and forward thinking individual to support the BSW Acute Hospital Alliance being based either in Bath, Swindon, or Salisbury Acute Hospital locations.
This exciting opportunity has arisen to work in a demanding yet rewarding procurement environment dealing with Clinical products and non clinical products in a responsive, and professional service for our multiple Trust stakeholders.
The team has recently undergone a restructuring and refocusing on ICS strategic and collaborative procurement and the post holder will be assigned to a specific category.
This is a full-time post (37.5 hours per week) the location is flexible and can be either based at RUH Bath NHSFT, Salisbury NHSFT or Great Western Hospitals NHSFT in Swindon.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 06 Aug 2024.
Main duties of the job
This is an important procurement role which requires robust stakeholder engagement skills, knowledge and expertise.
The post holder will have a working knowledge of Public Sector procurement and contracting and should be able to demonstrate a track record of running end-to-end procurement or tenders. Ideally the candidate will be CIPS level 4 qualified.
The role also requires an individual with commercial acumen and the ability to successfully represent the Procurement function at meetings. These will take place both virtually and via frequent attendance at multiple Trust sites.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate their ability to meet the Trusts core values and should be able to evidence commitment to continuous professional development.
The post holder will need to contribute to the procurement functions standardisation, collaboration and continual improvement drives, to deliver an improved ICS in which value for money is obtained from all supplier expenditure.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visitingwww.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- CIPS level 4
- HND in Business
- Public Procurement Experience
- Category Management
- Interpersonal Skills
- Negotiation - commercial experience
Desirable criteria
- 2:1 relevant degree
- NHS Experience
- Project Management
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Level 4 Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and studying for full professional accreditation.
- Higher National Diploma in business or other related subject.
Desirable criteria
- Educated to degree level min 2:1 in business or other related subject
- Adequate standard of general supervisory qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of non-pay planning and delivering incremental savings.
- General understanding of purchasing & contracting
- Familiar with product category management.
- Ability to support collaborative projects.
Desirable criteria
- Previously worked in a NHS and/or public procurement environment.
- General understanding of supply chain management models and processes
- General understanding of project management models and processes
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of non-pay planning and delivering incremental savings.
Desirable criteria
- Adequate experienced of commercial negotiation and influencing others with an intermediate level of commercial and contractual acumen.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Exuberates confidence when challenged, not easily phased.
- • Ability to operate as part of a team.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Henry Prudden
- Job title
- Procurement Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722 336262
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