Strategic Procurement Specialist

3 weeks ago

Bournemouth, Bournemouth, United Kingdom University Hospitals Dorset Full time

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Procurement and Sourcing Expert to join our Operational Purchasing Team within Commercial Services at University Hospitals Dorset.

This exciting opportunity will see you responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination and supervision of colleagues who undertake the operational buying for defined areas within the trust.

Working closely with senior colleagues, you will be required to liaise with a variety of stakeholders and suppliers to provide a highly professional and responsive buying service that meets operational requirements and supports patient care.

Key to success in this role is a proven track record of working in a purchasing, supply chain or inventory management environment and ideally experience in leading or supervising a team.

Excellent communication skills are essential, with a good level of keyboard skills and abilities with applications including MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook.

Our ideal candidate will be a team player with good communication skills, able to motivate and work with a busy team, with the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.

Main Responsibilities

  1. To understand the role in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
  2. Working for our organisation, our values define who we are as #TeamUHD.
  3. We are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential Criteria

  1. Attainment of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) advanced certificate vocational level 3 and/or additionally completed satisfactorily recognised procurement key skills training courses.
  2. Awareness of contract law principles.

Desirable Criteria

  1. Attainment of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS): diploma level (or equivalent training and professional experience)

Experience

Essential Criteria

  1. Proven experience of working in a purchasing and/or supplies function or can evidence transferable skills
  2. Supplier negotiations

Desirable Criteria

  1. Experience in supervision of small operational team of people engaged in time critical customer service

Knowledge / Technical Competancies

Essential Criteria

  1. Good keyboard skills with working knowledge of applications including MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook
  2. Good time management and organisational skills
  3. Awareness and understanding of public procurement processes

Desirable Criteria

  1. Intermediate ability in use of MS office applications

Personal Attributes

Essential Criteria

  1. Team player with good communication skills, able to motivate and work with a busy team
  2. Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines

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