Job vacancy: Deputy Procurement Director, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield

Job summary

Main area

Procurement

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 8c

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Hybrid home and Office Working pattern)

Job ref

190-8979-DIR

Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northern General Hospital
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £74,290 - £85,601 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 26/03/2025 23:59
Interview date: 16/04/2025

Deputy Procurement Director

NHS AfC: Band 8c

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential criteria

University Degree or equivalent experience
Specialist procurement knowledge acquired by professional procurement qualifications at Masters level: MBA or MSC and Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply level 6 diploma (MCIPS) or equivalent demonstrable qualification.
Member of relevant professional body for Procurement/Supply Chain such as the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.
Expert knowledge of Contract Law and Procurement Legislation relating to procurement and its application gained through advanced study at Masters level in Procurement, Business Management or equivalent
Advanced and practical understanding of the various levers of unlocking value from procurement and supply chain such as sourcing, tendering, demand management, standardisation and contract management.
Evidence of management training / short courses in HR including Recruitment & Selection, Conducting Appraisals, Performance Management / Managing Attendance
Evidence of continued professional development in highly specialist related subjects such as management, leadership, finance and law.
Prince 2 project qualification or demonstrable experience
MS Office including Excel, Word and PowerPoint to enable professional development and delivery of presentations.

Desirable criteria

Achieved internationally recognised Chartered Status representing the global standard within the profession for a procurement and supply professional.
In-depth working knowledge/understanding of Healthcare and Hospitals.

Experience

Essential criteria

Previous managerial/leadership experience in a large, multi-site and complex organisation.
Able to operate at a strategic level whilst governing and delivering at an operational level.
Formulating Procurement strategies for different categories of expenditure.
Experience in commercial activities, dealing with suppliers at senior levels and formal commercial negotiation teams.
Experience of working in a high pressured environment.
Ability to drive improvement, organisational change and change management (culture and behaviour)
Experience of managing senior teams and working to develop long term strategies which have made real impact to an organisation.
Knowledge, understanding and experience of working with multiple systems and database environments including financial, procurement and supply chain and their associated processes.
Experience in designing and delivering presentations.
Significant experience in staff annual appraisals, objectives and development.
Basic financial awareness
Reviewing and drafting of business cases.

Desirable criteria

Drafting of formal papers at Board level.
Experience of selecting and implementing software solutions
Supports and encourages teamwork with colleagues to ensure that common objectives are embraced with clarity about where accountability lies.
Experience of working within the NHS Public Sector or other large complex organisations and an understanding of current issues.
Experience of presenting to the board in medium to large organisations.
Experience contract management
Experience in presenting highly complex information to audiences
Experience of handling legal challenges and disputes related to Procurement processes.

Personal Qualities/ Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
Ability to form constructive, credible strategic and operational relationships at all levels.
Ability to present highly contentious information to an audience in a clear, concise manner.
Ability to present to large groups of potentially critical or hostile audiences in a confident manner and respond to questions.
Ability to manage and chair meetings of stakeholders from a range of different business disciplines and organisations and drive actions.
Ability to clearly communicate on any legal enquiries relating to procurement from suppliers and the wider public.
Ability to interpret sets of information including service activity data and policy information.
Ability to successfully lead and work with multidisciplinary teams across multiple organisations.
Ability to identify, develop, nurture and promote innovation approaches to service development through procurement.
Significant conflict resolution skills and experience.
Ability to communicate contentious decisions to parties who may not like the outcome or decision and could seek formal or legal redress.
Ability to prioritise own workload.
Ability to manage projects and programmes, effectively prioritising and delegating to meet deadlines.
Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required on difficult issues working to tight and often changing timescales and financial constraints.
Political awareness, delegation, people and workload management skills.
Numerical, analytical skills.
IT literate with ability to interpret evaluation, analysis and reporting of complex data.
Adaptable and able to demonstrate resilience.
Highly conscientious with a strong work ethic.
Results driven.

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

Ability to travel across the region and nationally to attend meetings and represent the Trust as required by the role.
Willing to work flexible hours, from time to time, to meet the needs of the role and service.

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