An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join the Procurement & Supply Chain team as a Procurement Manager.

The post holder (there is one post - 1 full time post fixed-term contract for 2-years) will work with other colleagues within the Directorate and across the wider Trust and region to achieve the Trust's Procurement Transformation Plan and the Trust's engagement within the National Commercial Strategy.

This role is focussed on a variety of Procurement related activity including Clinical and Capital requirements. It is currently one of three procurement Managers within the department.

• Interview Date: 22 October 2024
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Please bring MCIPS registration details with you on day of interview, and include MCIPS number in application.

Main duties of the job

You will line manage and lead a team of Procurement professionals to establish and enhance robust relationships within the aligned business area and wider Trust, to drive productive collaboration between the stakeholders and the procurement function in the effective forward planning of procurement/projects requirements.

Responsible for the tendering of bespoke contracts for goods, services and works, including research, preparation, issue, scheduling, evaluation, reporting on tenders and awards and the management of contracts, you will have knowledge and experience of procurement and its application within the public sector. This knowledge must be underpinned by theory and experience.

About us

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of �1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients.

We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Managing the Procurement Category Team members.
• Assigning procurement projects to team members, managing workload and planning within the team.
• Manging data in relation to Contracts, workplans, spend information and recording savings and added value.
• Undertaking Procurement activities at a complex level, in accordance with the Trusts Procurement workplan, in accordance with Trust Corporate Governance and Public Sector Procurement regulations.
• Providing professional advice and guidance to Trust Directors, Managers, and clinical and non-clinical staff across the organisation.

Job Purpose

• To lead the Capital (medical) team in the establishment and/or enhancement of robust relationships across the Trust, to drive productive collaboration between the Stakeholders and the procurement function in the effective forward planning of Capital procurement.
• Managing the Supplies Departments Medical Capital and Maintenance Teams.
• Responsible for ensuring that bespoke contracts for Capital equipment required by the Trust are competitively tendered and awarded in accordance with Trust Corporate Governance and Public procurement legislative regulations that such contracts are established, managed, reviewed and renewed in a professional, effective efficient and timely manner and provide optimum value for money.
• Responsible for ensuring that all capital (> �5K) goods and services required by the Trust are procured in an effective, efficient and timely manner and in accordance with Trust Corporate Governance and Public Sector procurement regulations, providing optimum value for money.
• Responsible for ensuring that the Trust utilises where appropriate, national contracts established by NHS Supply Chain, Crown Commercial Services, the North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative or other public sector collaborative procurement organisations where such arrangements provide benefit to the Trust facilitating communication between the Trusts internal customers of goods /services covered by such contracts and those formulating them.
• Responsible for ensuring that goods surplus to the Trusts requirements and with a resale value are offered for sale in accordance with Trust Corporate Governance and appropriate NHS guidance.
• Responsible for ensuring that maintenance contracts are put and kept in place, where appropriate, for equipment purchased by the Supplies Department and for such arrangements delivering optimum value for money.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

• An appropriate Professional Purchasing qualification, i.e. NVQ Level 4 (Purchasing), CIPS (Degree Level) or equivalent experience.

Desirable

• Managerial qualification.
• European Computer Driving Licence qualification.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Experience at a senior level in the Procurement Department of a large complex organisation, preferably within the NHS and in a managerial or supervisory capacity.
• A detailed understanding of computerised procurement systems, including eProcurement
• A detailed understanding of NHS Trust model Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions and procurement procedures
• Expert knowledge of Public Procurement legislation.
• The knowledge, experience and ability to provide professional advice and guidance to Clinical Directors, Directorate Managers and other senior managerial and clinical staff across the organisation
• An extensive knowledge of products and suppliers used within the healthcare industry.
• An extensive knowledge of Laboratory Information Management systems (LIMS) including knowledge of the market from the selection of a LIMS provider to the implementing of a LIMS system into a healthcare organisation

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Communication skills to effectively liaise with staff, suppliers and internal customers at all levels of the organisation and under all conditions of urgency.
• Expertise in the tendering, awarding and subsequent management of capital equipment contracts, complemented by specialist product knowledge.
• Communication skills to effectively handle staff, suppliers and customers at all levels in the organisation and under all conditions of urgency.

Employer details

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Regent Point

317 Regent Point

NE3 3HD

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