Head of Sourcing

The B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire Acute Hospital Alliance Procurement Service deliver procurement services to the following organisations:

- Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trus
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trus
- Community Sites within the B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Boar
- Sulis Hospital Bath (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trus

The team supports the development, implementation and delivery of procurement strategies and schemes through providing professional advice and guidance that positively reinforces and delivers financial and operational efficiencies, compliance to internal and external legislation and the use of innovative technologies whilst ensuring the patient and our colleagues are at the forefront of what we do.

The Team work across a number of national networks working collaboratively with partners in Bristol, Southampton, Portsmouth, Oxford as well as larger collaborative functions such as the Peninsula Purchasing Supply Alliance (PPSA).

At the B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire Acute Hospital Alliance Procurement Service, collaboration is essential and central to our decision making. Through wider collaboration, working with our clinical and non-clinical colleagues, we deliver economies of scale, better data sharing, best practice, remove unwarranted variation from our practices and supply base, to maximise value and efficiencies.