Internal Mpft Applicants Only

Are you ready for a fulfilling journey?
Join our cross-site Contract Management team as a Senior Buyer. This role offers a chance to create and advance your career uniquely.
**Why This Role Stands Out**:
**Innovative Opportunity**: Define this role within our organization, adapting it to your strengths and aspirations.
**Diverse Responsibilities**: Engage in a wide range of contracts across various departments and sites, embracing daily fresh challenges
**Tailored Training**: Invest in your growth with job-specific training, enhancing skills while working
**Impact on Healthcare**: Ensure compliant contracts, crucial for our healthcare facilities and patient well-being
**Adaptability**: Flexible, proactive mindset for overcoming challenges.
**Communication Skills**: Collaborate effectively with diverse teams and articulate contractor expectations
**Problem-Solving**: Expertise in using feedback, data, and industry standards for innovative solutions
**Independence**: Develop standard operating procedures for consistency and efficiency.
**Team Player**: Integral support for the team, covering administration duties during leave.
Main duties and responsibilities
Development, Implementation, Monitoring and Management of Supplier relationships and performance against agreed Key preformation indicators
Developing a partnership approach
Responsible for Managing and set up of Procurement Documents and process within the E-tendering system.
Expertise within specialism underpinned by theory and practical experience.
Ongoing responsive Engagement with Internal Stakeholders
Market development
Ensure legal timelines are met.
Complete compliant Tender Documentation
Lead and support development and implementation of Supplier relationship Management
Coordinates and delivers a cost-effective compliant contracts to achieve financial targets
Advises users/budget holders on procurement policies and procedures
Supplier engagement with unfamiliar processes
Ongoing Contract Management and monitoring Support to buyer organisation
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
Supporting your career development and progression
Excellent NHS Pension scheme
Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
Options for flexible working
Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
Free car parking at all trust sites
Free flu vaccinations every year
Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Are you ready for a fulfilling journey?
Join our cross-site Contract Management team as a Senior Buyer. This role offers a chance to create and advance your career uniquely.
**Why This Role Stands Out**:
**Innovative Opportunity**: Define this role within our organization, adapting it to your strengths and aspirations.
**Diverse Responsibilities**: Engage in a wide range of contracts across various departments and sites, embracing daily fresh challenges
**Tailored Training**: Invest in your growth with job-specific training, enhancing skills while working
**Impact on Healthcare**: Ensure compliant contracts, crucial for our healthcare facilities and patient well-being
**Adaptability**: Flexible, proactive mindset for overcoming challenges.
**Communication Skills**: Collaborate effectively with diverse teams and articulate contractor expectations
**Problem-Solving**: Expertise in using feedback, data, and industry standards for innovative solutions
**Independence**: Develop standard operating procedures for consistency and efficiency.
**Team Player**: Integral support for the team, covering administration duties during leave.