Job summary
- Main area
- Commercial Procurement
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-COM-10048-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Leeds or London
- Town
- Leeds or London
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Plus London weighting if applicable
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Commercial Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Technology in the NHS is fast-paced, intense, and exciting. NHSE has been at the forefront of these digital, technology and data advances (DDaT), and the commercial team is a critical component of this delivery. We are seeking a Procurement Manager on a permanent full-time contract to work within the DDAT commercial delivery team supporting procurements for this critical and market leading category. You will be based in our Leeds or London office helping to deliver our ambition - working together to harness the power of the marketplace to deliver maximum value to our healthcare system. We do this to enable NHSE to support NHS staff at work, help people get the best care, and use the nation's health data to drive research and transform services.
This is your opportunity to take the step forward in your career and showcase your passion for DDaT Procurement and the NHS. You will join an ambitious, well-respected and forward-thinking team gaining rich experience in a team dedicated to first class commercial delivery. The role requires commercial experience and knowledge, with a proactive approach to support commercial input, shape commercial strategy, and deliver hands on procurement ensuring value for money across the organisation and its programmes. The ideal candidate will be driven to seek opportunities to create greater value in the work that they do and have an understanding and working knowledge of the full commercial lifecycle, especially in the public sector.
Main duties of the job
· Is able to successfully implement procurement policy objectives in all sourcing projects and is able to challenge risk averse behaviours where appropriate.
· Is able to navigate the legislative framework and implement resource efficient strategies that result in achievement of policy objectives.
· Fully conversant with organisational commercial strategy and procurement policies, procedures, security requirements, processes and governance mechanisms and is able to advise and support colleagues in their application.
· Identifies and works with cross disciplinary teams (that includes the contract management function) and applies a strong visual project management approach to procurement projects.
· Able to quantify and source contract management resources. Able to identify and choose contract management representatives to review tender pack and take part in the evaluations.
· Identifies the costs of existing or similar service provision and engages with suppliers in the marketplace in a planned way.
· Ensures that contract management mobilisation phase and supporting activities are carried out successfully.
· Applies the most appropriate evaluation strategy to a sourcing requirement taking into account the type of commodity being procured, complexity, value and strategic importance.
Working for our organisation
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Some of the key skills and experience you'll bring to the role:
· Driven, highly motivated individual with extensive experience of managing a range of commercial lifecycle activities, ideally from within the public sector.
· Some experience relating to public sector procurement and contract management aligned with MCIPS, IACCM OR equivalent qualifications or experience.
· Excellent communication skills, ability to impart information effectively to internal and external stakeholders with varying degrees of technical knowledge and at all management levels.
· Ability to support the development and maintenance of effective relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders whilst ensuring the best commercial results.
· Experience of working with commercially sensitive and highly confidential information in accordance with all regulatory and any contractual obligations
· Experience of using a procurement and contract management software solution to support own workload and facilitate accurate and reliable reporting.
· Experience supporting commercial projects, ensuring stakeholders are kept informed and communications are managed appropriately, including maintaining comprehensive audit trails.
· Ability to work with autonomy.
Please see job description and assignment brief for more information but for an informal discussion please contact;
Dean Freed/Ian Summerscales
[email protected]/[email protected]
We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, especially disabled, female, and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates.
If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!
Person specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- CIPS or able to demonstrate experience/skills
Skills/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of delivering a range of DDaT procurements including contract drafting and KPIs, SLAs, contract schedules in the relevant category.
- Experience of contributing to the development of complex sourcing and evaluation strategies and associated commercial contracts.
- Experience of supporting the development and publication of a full bidder pack for DDaT procurements coupled with experience of management of the end to end ITT lifecycle.
- knowledge of Public Contract Regulations and NHS/Government Commercial policies or equivalent complex commercial environments.
Values.Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Experience of supporting senior management with multi-stakeholder environments including supplier and market management and engagement
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dean Freed
- Job title
- Head of Commercial
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Alternative contact: [email protected]
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