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Assistant Buyer

2 months ago

Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and skilled Procurement Specialist to join our team at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. As an Assistant Buyer, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of our procurement strategy and achieving our 'quadruple aim' targets.

Main Responsibilities

  • Evaluate and deliver the best value procurement process for acquisitions for our stakeholders by using different sourcing options for a range of goods and services.
  • Build up product knowledge from the supplier base and introduce alternative products to internal and external stakeholders as opportunities to save money.
  • Responsible for assisting with quotation exercises and cost analysis for the purchase of goods and services for both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Liaise with the NHS Supply Chain and suppliers to ensure that best pricing has been secured.
  • Provide reports and other data to members of the procurement team to assist in the identification of items to be considered for standardisation of products or to identify lower cost alternatives.
  • Produce management reports from the procurement purchasing systems. Schedule and analyse the data to provide internal stakeholders with statistics for developing and monitoring spend and stock-holding levels and future product switching and saving opportunities.
  • Liaise with the procurement team internally and externally to ensure that only standardised products are ordered.
  • Process requisitions for internal and external stakeholders onto the selected Procurement purchasing systems.
  • Deal with reported discrepancies, shortages, returns for internal and external stakeholders in a proactive but diplomatic manner.
  • Operate within the Trust's Policies and Procedures and display a high standard of professional conduct with stakeholders and suppliers. Report any problems or difficulties that cannot be resolved immediately.
  • Assist and support the other members of the Procurement team in ensuring customer satisfaction with the service.
  • Provide cover for other members of the Procurement team (such as annual leave/sickness) as and when required.
  • This role may involve cross-site working or travel to other NHS or external organisations for training or work purposes.

About Us

The Lancashire Procurement Cluster (LPC) provides strategic procurement, commercial and supply chain services to the Trust partners - Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The organisation is a shared service model, hosted by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. The LPC has four distinct service lines:

  • Procurement
  • Strategic Relationship Management
  • Systems & e-Commerce
  • Logistics and Supply Chain

The posts are within the Customer Services Helpdesk Team which is part of the Procurement Service.