Senior Procurement Manager | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 June 2024 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L9 7AL |
| Company: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6275110/287-CEF-185-24 |
Summary
The Senior Purchasing Manager is a specialist position, with the post holder leading on complex categories of spend and supporting the Head of Procurement in the delivery of the Strategic Work Plan.
The post-holder who must be fully MCIPS qualified, will line manage a team of Procurement staff to deliver demanding savings targets, whilst working to satisfy customer requirements and producing high quality work on time.
As we continue to grow our business we are looking to recruit an individual with excellent NHS clinical category knowledge and with the drive and vision to deliver those demanding savings targets.
The post-holder will be tasked with challenging user preferences and maximising adoption to corporate arrangements and frameworks.
Lead on the delivery of effective working relationships with clinicians and stakeholders, improving customer satisfaction with engagement to ensure the needs of different groups of customers are identified and met.
The post-holder will need to implement and develop robust procurement processes.
Manage procurement projects in their own right and work as a member of a project team on larger scale strategic initiatives.
Ensuring that a cost-effective procurement work plan is developed and maintained to help achieve the Trust's financial savings targets.
The post holder will be responsible for planning and providing strategic direction to major procurement projects in conjunction with the Head of Procurement.
They will use strategic sourcing and demand management techniques and need a legal and working knowledge of developing contracts.
Organise and facilitate regular meetings with key stakeholders and suppliers. These include fact finding, problem solving, negotiations, contract performance and service delivery meetings.
The post holder will need to champion and follow internal governance processes (Standing Financial Instructions etc.) A lead role in continuous improvement across the Procurement team. Develops and influences procurement strategy, using a range of techniques to maximise value for money to the taxpayer and improve customer experience.
Lead larger and/or complex procurement "big ticket" projects. must have a working and legal knowledge of contracting and ensure contracts are awarded in accordance with Trust processes, UK Procurement Directives and Government policy.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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The Senior Purchasing Manager is a specialist position, with the post holder leading on complex categories of spend and supporting the Head of Procurement in the delivery of the Strategic Work Plan.
The post-holder who must be fully MCIPS qualified, will line manage a team of Procurement staff to deliver demanding savings targets, whilst working to satisfy customer requirements and producing high quality work on time.
As we continue to grow our business we are looking to recruit an individual with excellent NHS clinical category knowledge and with the drive and vision to deliver those demanding savings targets.
The post-holder will be tasked with challenging user preferences and maximising adoption to corporate arrangements and frameworks.
Lead on the delivery of effective working relationships with clinicians and stakeholders, improving customer satisfaction with engagement to ensure the needs of different groups of customers are identified and met.
This advert closes on Monday 3 Jun 2024