Job summary
We are looking for a Senior Procurement Partner to join the Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd team to deliver high quality value for money procurement services on behalf of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and external clients. You will need to demonstrate strong team working skills; have extensive experience of working in a Procurement environment, ideally in the Public Sector, and be able to demonstrate excellent customer service skills.
This post will play a key role in ensuring the procurement of the right goods at the right price delivered to the right place at the right time. This post will support senior staff to analyse and evaluate procurement data; tender and award contracts in line with local policies and relevant legislation; improve supplier performance, implement specific electronic catalogues, and continuously improve the service for clients.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered
Main duties of the job
- The primary aspect of the role is to represent the purchasing function as a progressive, proactive, responsive and innovative Procurement partner in order to generate, manage and deliver innovative procurement projects and solutions
- Work closely with client stakeholders to influence choice; prioritise change and to deliver savings, process improvements and product standardisation to drive costs down and to drive quality, efficiency and service excellence up.
- To drive and deliver in conjunction with client stakeholders and teams, the Procurement approach to ongoing cost improvement programs on a forward plan basis which is robustly and transparently tracked and transacted.
About us
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that's 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
DSFS has just under 1000 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the 'Chesterfield Royal family', DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that's dynamic, flexible, and proactive.
DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone's abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered
Job description
Job responsibilities
For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oFull professional membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supplies (by qualification), (or equivalent demonstrable experience)
Desirable
- Change Management qualification
- Project management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience in non-clinical procurement (such as Estates, IT and Facilities)
- Proven experience at senior level in procurement and materials management involving recent direct managerial responsibility for staff.
- Proven ability in the provision of a cost effective customer focused service, targeted at achieving cost reduction
- Working knowledge of procurement elements of current P2P systems
- NHS Purchasing experience
- Demonstrable experience in public sector procurement
Desirable
- Experience of utilising integrated P2P system
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills to operate at all staff and management levels, internally and externally
- Robust negotiating and contracting skills
- Sound knowledge of legal and statutory requirements in relation to procurement
- Developed approach to engaging and influencing clinical leaders
- Effective planning and organisational skills
- Highly developed analytical skills
Desirable
- Experience of procurement services in a subsidiary company environment to a parent organisation
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Effective motivational skills within a changing environment
- Self-motivated
- Ability to motivate others
- Ability to work to agreed objectives and achieve these within pre-determined deadlines
Demonstrates Trust Values
Essential
- Responsive - Reliable - Resourceful - Respectful
- Compassion, Achievement, Relationships, Environment
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oFull professional membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supplies (by qualification), (or equivalent demonstrable experience)
Desirable
- Change Management qualification
- Project management qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience in non-clinical procurement (such as Estates, IT and Facilities)
- Proven experience at senior level in procurement and materials management involving recent direct managerial responsibility for staff.
- Proven ability in the provision of a cost effective customer focused service, targeted at achieving cost reduction
- Working knowledge of procurement elements of current P2P systems
- NHS Purchasing experience
- Demonstrable experience in public sector procurement
Desirable
- Experience of utilising integrated P2P system
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Highly developed communication skills to operate at all staff and management levels, internally and externally
- Robust negotiating and contracting skills
- Sound knowledge of legal and statutory requirements in relation to procurement
- Developed approach to engaging and influencing clinical leaders
- Effective planning and organisational skills
- Highly developed analytical skills
Desirable
- Experience of procurement services in a subsidiary company environment to a parent organisation
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Effective motivational skills within a changing environment
- Self-motivated
- Ability to motivate others
- Ability to work to agreed objectives and achieve these within pre-determined deadlines
Demonstrates Trust Values
Essential
- Responsive - Reliable - Resourceful - Respectful
- Compassion, Achievement, Relationships, Environment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
