Senior Procurement Specialist

3 weeks ago

Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Spire Healthcare Full time
Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Buyer to join our Procurement team at Spire Healthcare. As a Senior Buyer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that we deliver best value for money, minimize commercial risk, and maintain/improve quality and service delivery.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Identify, develop, and implement sourcing/procurement strategies to ensure best value for money, in conjunction with the Category Manager and/or Head of Procurement.
  • Lead and implement sourcing initiatives aligned with Spire's business needs and the procurement plan.
  • Conclude sourcing initiatives with relevant legal framework to minimize commercial risks and ensure performance can be monitored.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with key suppliers to improve quality and service performance, risk mitigation, and identify opportunities to drive further value from our relationships.
  • Measure and actively manage supplier performance against agreed service levels, implementing improvement plans where required.
  • Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders, generating a solid understanding of their business, potential impact or directional change for sub-categories, and to ensure the delivery of the right solutions in terms of quality, value, and functionality.
  • Work closely with the relevant key stakeholders to ensure that best value for money is achieved.
  • Monitor compliance to preferred supplier agreements and work with key internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure such benefits are realized.
  • Be the subject matter expert for designated sub-categories, ensuring sound commercial advice is provided to the business at all times.
  • Develop a detailed understanding of relevant sub-categories, monitoring and highlighting when market changes will have a material impact on our cost base, recommending relevant action to be taken.
  • Work in conjunction with other Procurement team members and share experiences and practices to further improve procurement process, tools, and performance.
  • Produce clear project status updates and management information reports for the Category Manager and/or Head of Procurement.
  • Comply with and promote the Spire Healthcare Procurement Policy across the organization.
  • For regulatory compliance, underpinning robust processes that maintain procurement information/data, files, and records.
  • Represent the Procurement team at cross-functional meetings.
  • Ensure supplier pricing is maintained accurately at all times and support the resolution of any price queries by working with the Accounts team as required.
Key Requirements:
  • Graduate or equivalent experience, and/or working towards MCIPS or MCIPS qualified preferred.
  • Several years' proven experience in a similar IT Procurement role.
  • Demonstrates procurement competence, strong negotiation & influencing skills, with evidence of having applied innovative thinking.
  • Ability to understand, articulate, and lead the sourcing process.
  • Experience of developing and executing sourcing initiatives.
  • 'Hands on' approach. Versatile, tenacious, and people-oriented.
  • Able to prioritize effectively, taking into account short and long-term needs of the business.
  • Experience of the healthcare industry is desirable but not essential.
  • Proficiency in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contractual terms and conditions and service level agreements.
  • Effective communicator at all levels (written and verbal), with excellent interpersonal and influencing skills.
  • Ability to gather, collate, and analyze large amounts of procurement and financial data.
  • Effective in analytical thinking, decision making, report writing, and presentations.
  • Ability to lead and participate actively in cross-functional project teams and familiarity with process improvement methodology.
  • The ability to work effectively with senior and other business management is essential.
  • Ability to build and maintain effective supplier relationships based on the highest standards of ethical conduct.
  • Competent use of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, as a minimum) at an advanced level.
  • Proven track record of controlling and reducing external spend whilst developing a robust supplier base.
Benefits:

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

  • 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays.
  • Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options.
  • 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers.
  • Free wellness screening.
  • Private medical insurance.
  • Life assurance.

Spire Healthcare is committed to creating an environment that will attract, retain, and motivate its people. We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to the health and wellbeing of all our colleagues and consultants.

We firmly believe that it is our people that make the business successful, and everyone should have the opportunity to work in a motivated team, free from discrimination on any grounds.

We, therefore, are keen to receive and review applications from all candidates of under-represented groups who feel they offer the requisite skills.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

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