Network Procurement Officer

4 weeks ago

Colchester, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Are you ambitious, would welcome a challenge and are willing to promote and embrace change?

Over the past 2 years our portfolio has expanded from 2 to 4 diagnostic networks therefore it is an exciting time to join our team and proactively support various procurement projects. The networks are formatted as a collaboration and we are extremely passionate about how we support our trusts within the procurement domain.

Diagnostic networks are an advocate in creating an environment to support all our staff to develop and grow, share skills and knowledge, embrace innovation, deliver excellence and value within our procurement activities and has the ambition to become a world class procurement function of the future.

You will provide support to the Procurement Domain lead to help deliver the array of projects within the networks. You will also support the identification of new opportunities to deliver cost and value benefits across the network's portfolio.

You will attend, participate and present at various events, representing the procurement domain and the relevant network therefore need to travel around the East of England.

You will have a background in procurement or contracting, relevant qualifications or substantial experience, however if you have some experience in procurement, we would consider a band 5 development role.

This post is until 31st March 2025. Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.

Main duties of the job

Be responsible for providing a range of operational procurement activities. Work alongside the team and assist in the provision of a cost effective, efficient and responsive service, ensuring customer service levels are established and maintained to a high standard on a client/service provider basis. As instructed by the Procurement Manager, lead on procurement processes ensuring that arrangements are commercially sound and represent the best interests of the Network. Help to deliver agreed savings identified on the Procurement Work plan. Apply considerable professional judgment when leading on specific procurement activity and when advising senior managers, colleagues, staff and customers on the resolution of complex and strategic procurement issues. Lead in identifying areas to improve quality and reduce costs on network wide non pay spend. Understand the wider procurement landscape and category areas to deliver innovative opportunities to the member trusts. Lead multi-disciplinary network wide procurement project teams at all levels. Responsibility to ensure customer service levels are established and maintained to a high standard on a client/service provider basis. Provide supplies and procurement support, assistance and advice to the network trusts across a range of purchasing and administrative duties, with responsibility for providing procurement project support to the network across a range of service areas.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of theresponsibilitiesand dutiesof this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous administrative role Working collaboratively as part of a team Advanced IT Systems including - Microsoft Office Experience of communicating with a range of people both within and external to the organisation Experience of dealing with non-routine administrative matters

Desirable

NHS experience Experience within relevant work area Experience of working with members of the public Supervision/co-ordination of other team members Project management Working autonomously

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE grade 5/C or equivalent in English and Maths NVQ level 3 in administration/secretarial or equivalent Relevant experience to degree level Working towards or achieved level 4 CIPS accreditations or higher

Desirable

Degree in Business Studies

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