Operational Procurement Assistant Buyer

3 weeks ago

StokeonTrent, United Kingdom University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust North Midlands and Black Country Procurement Group (NMBC) Department is responsible for the Strategic and Operational Procurement for UHNM (Royal Stoke University Hospital, County Hospital, Royal Wolverhampton Trust Walsall Health Trust and North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare) and 36 partner NHS organisations within the Staffordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Lancashire Health Economies.

The UHNM - NMBC (North Midlands and Black Country) Procurement Group is responsible for the management and control of expenditure in excess of £840 million across the local health economy. The Supplies and Procurement function consists of:

Strategic Procurement Operational Procurement including warehousing and stock management services Capital Procurement Systems Services ( Purchase to Pay Systems)

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the UHNM Supplies and Procurement Team, this post will be based at the Royal Stoke site.

You will work as part of the Operational Procurement team, sourcing and placing purchase orders electronically. You will source alternative products and suppliers to achieve cost savings.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

GOOD STANDARD OF EDUCATION NVQ LEVEL 2 WAREHOUSING OR SUPPLYCHAIN

Desirable

CIPS QUALIFICATION

Knowledge

Essential

PREVIOUS PURCHASING EXPERIENCE ABILITY TO PRIORITISE WORLOADS

Desirable

PREVIOUS NHS EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE OF NHS PROCUREMENT

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