Procurement Manager

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.

Main duties of the job

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., 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 Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

• Relevant first degree


• Relevant post-graduate qualification/equivalent


Desirable criteria


• Formal project management qualification (PRINCE2 Practitioner or MSP Foundation), Experience of working in a programme management environment


• Substantial experience of managing a series of complex, large inter-related projects


• Substantial experience of managing a project team


• Substantial experience of using Microsoft Office applications


• Working with colleagues at all levels including clinicians


• Working on unfamiliar topics requiring rapid assimilation of new technical knowledge


• Teaching and presentation skills


• Experience of delivering change management initiatives


• Analyses of non routine data, interpretation and resolution


Desirable criteria


• Experience of working in a NHS environment, A good understanding of the application of information and IT systems to support patient care, Ability to lead a team of diverse individuals to deliver programmes and projects to meet aims and objectives


• Thorough understanding of the benefits of using Programme management standards and the ability to adapt these to meet the requirements of the programme


• Plan programmes and projects which impact across clinical and non clinical areas


• Ability to manage independently and make decisions in line with organisational Strategy and objectives


• Ability to check own and others work to ensure all products are of a high quality


• Ability to frequently concentrate for prolonged periods of time, managing interruptions as appropriate, Excellent interpersonal and facilitation skills


• Excellent oral and written communication skills


• Experience of dealing with and communicating complex and contentious information


• Excellent negotiation, motivation and influencing skills


• Ability to persuade senior managers and frontline staff of the importance of the project or programme


• Ability to present programme and project management techniques and tools in a non technical format


• Ability to delivery presentations to a large audience
  
  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.