Procurement Manager

2 weeks ago

Yeovil, Somerset, United Kingdom Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Procurement Manager to join our team at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. As a key member of our Procurement and Materials Management Department, you will play a crucial role in supporting the leadership and development of our team, as well as taking responsibility for the procurement and management of contracts.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support the Senior Contracts Managers in projects or service redesign
  • Take the lead for a delegated portfolio of contracts, managing their own projects as directed
  • Provide procurement advice and guidance to key stakeholders regarding detailed contract management and cost reduction strategies
  • Contribute to the implementation of the procurement strategy for the Trust to encompass all procurement activity in the organisation
  • Instigate and lead project groups and coordination of procurement project activities between departments, divisions, and Trusts as appropriate with stakeholders of all levels
  • Critically analyse, review, and monitor non-pay expenditure to generate recommendations to deliver efficiencies, including cost savings
  • Lead procurement projects/initiatives to drive change, including the monitoring of efficiencies
  • Work with staff across the Trust and subsidiary companies to ensure that projects fully meet clinical and operational needs while delivering tangible benefits in terms of efficiencies, clinical risk, and cost
  • Challenging existing working practices using persuasion and negotiation skills to achieve project outcomes
  • Identify and capture benefits for each project, ensuring that those benefits are fully realised, and an implementation plan is developed
  • Identify, develop, and recommend the creation and implementation of internal and external procurement procedures and policies, ensuring compliance with individual Trust Standing Financial Instructions, Standing Orders, and schemes of Reservation and Delegation of Power
  • Promote the role and raise awareness of the Procurement and Materials Management Department, taking a proactive approach in offering advice and guidance to user departments in all matters relating to procurement
  • Carry out negotiations with external stakeholders to ensure that the client organisations receive best value and the necessary quality to provide high-quality care to patients
  • Plan and organise procurement activities for their area of work and that of direct reports, including work plans, tenders, and contract works
Requirements
  • Knowledge of professional purchasing principles acquired through degree or Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, CIPS, or equivalent training and/or demonstrable work-based knowledge and experience
  • Practical knowledge of public sector tendering process and contract management
  • Formal project management experience
  • Knowledge and understanding of contract law
  • Full membership of CIPS (MCIPS)
  • Knowledge of NHS Terms & Conditions of Contract and public accountability
  • Broad knowledge of healthcare products/procedures
Desirable
  • Experience of working in a large complex organisation such as NHS hospital environment or equivalent
  • Experience in achieving contractual cost reductions and/or other contributions
Additional Criteria
  • Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills
  • Planning and organisation skills
  • Confident and out-going personality and able to deal with a variety of individuals at various levels
  • Strong self-motivation, communication, and relationship skills and ability to deliver consistent results on time and to required quality, whilst under time pressure
  • Able to handle difficult and conflicting situations
  • Positive and proactive approach to problem-solving
  • Understanding and ability to apply government procurement procedures
What We Offer

We offer a wide range of benefits, including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance, and a commitment to career development. You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping and leisure discounts. Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty, and stunning coastlines while still being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath, and Exeter and only two hours away from London. There are excellent educational facilities in the area, and when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone.

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