Head of Contract

Exhilarated to be instrumental in building and driving our approach to Framework management and creating a new team?

This role will be pivotal to ensuring that NHS SBS adopts best-in-class approaches to framework contract management, driving change and supporting the Procurement LOB in achieving its NCIS and SUM growth targets. Directing the next phase of establishing a mature approach to contract and supplier relationship management, you will be building and leading performance, driving an increase in spend under management across the Framework portfolio.

This will be through a more focused and targeted approach to engaging and managing our framework suppliers across all of our category teams and developing our capability in this specialist area of contract and supplier relationship management. You will be responsible for implementing and overseeing strategies that drive growth, mitigating risk, meeting legislative and policy requirements and deliver outstanding service across all parts of the NHS and wider public sector.

This position is pivotal to inspire change and support us in achieving our daring targets. Delivered through cross-functional collaboration, forging strong relationships and deeply understanding our customers and suppliers' needs, you will deliver outstanding solutions

What you'll be doing:

• Leading the development of our contract and supplier relationship management capability and supporting team across each of the Procurement Solutions categories
• Motivating teams to implement and embed new strategies and practices
• Advising the development, implementation and evolvement of strategies, embedding these consistently across the team
• An SME in Framework management / contract management / SRM, including the structure of them and ability to maximise commercial benefits, able to advise senior management on developments and standard processes.
• Developing strategies that allow the performance management of suppliers to support the delivery of high-quality services to our customers.
• Anticipating and handling change, encouraging all category teams to develop new knowledge and skills.

What you'll bring:

• CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply
• Shown experience within category management, contract & supplier relationship management environment within the public sector.
• Solid understanding of implementing best in class strategies.
• Experience of applying matrix management principles and applying cross functional ways of working.
• Background in working across the NHS landscape at a senior level to identify and solution complex procurement requirements across the procurement lifecycle.
• Knowledge of UK public procurement legislation and policy.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience of working across the NHS landscape at a senior level.
• Knowledge of operating within a Public Sector Buying organisation environment.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you

Employment Type: Full-time, 18 month FTC (possibility of becoming permanent)
Location: Salford (within a 2 hour commute)
Security Clearance Level: DBS
Internal Recruiter: Katie
Salary: circa £80,000 per annum (depending upon experience and development needs)
Benefits: £6,600 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical (couple), life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams' expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence.

We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level.

Would you like to join us on our journey?

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.

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