Senior Buyer

4 months ago

Salford, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

**Job overview**:
**The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) is looking to recruit a pro-active, self motivated and ambitious Senior Buyer to join our team.**

As Senior Buyer you will be able to work with conflicting requirements and to challenging deadlines. You will be confident in your organisational and time management skills and will use these to ensure the service is responsive to the changing needs of the organisation.

Currently predominately home based - the role requires flexible working from Trust Offices and Home location with flexibility to meet the demands of the role (due to the nature of the role you may be required to work on various NCA sites from time to time).

Previous applicants need not apply.

**Main duties of the job**:
**The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic procurement professional to join their award winning procurement team in the role of Senior Buyer.**

The role will sit within our Strategic Sourcing team and as Senior Buyer you will contribute to the management of a designated category area.

Experience within a procurement function is essential and you must have an understanding of public sector procurement including EU Regulations and OJEU procurement processes and thresholds.

CIPS qualified or willingness to work towards the qualification, plus experience in the Healthcare sector, though not essential, would be a distinct advantage.

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.

**Person specification**:
**Knowledge**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Demonstrable knowledge of Procurement processes and requirements
- Knowledge & understanding of Public Contract Regulations and Standing Financial Instructions to ensure all requisitions / orders / contracts comply with organisational policies

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of working within a procurement environment/function
- Experience of working under pressure to strict deadlines prioritising workload
- Experience of delivering procurement projects with a proven track record of success in delivering benefits and savings
- Experience of managing various stakeholders including third party organisations to deliver results through influence and persuasion

**Qualification**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Currently working towards/willingness to work towards CIPS
- A good standard of general education incl. GCSE Maths and English or equivalent

**Desirable criteria**:

- Evidence of Continuous professional development (CPD)

**Skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Evidence of good communication
- Proficient with IT systems
- Evidence of good organisational/time keeping skills
- Ability to analyse areas of work to identify areas which would benefit from improvement
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

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