Job summary
Junior Buyer
Division: Corporate
Care Group: Finance
Band: 2
Salary: £23,615 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: Thursday 5th December 2024
We are recruiting for a Junior Buyer who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
To support the strategic services team in the processing of electronic requisitions requiring procurement intervention, handling supplier and customer enquiries, dealing with invoice mismatches for the payments team.
Provide first line support for users of procurement systems on how to raise a requisition. Assist with setting up new suppliers and amending existing supplier details, referring to senior manager for guidance when required.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide support to the Buyers with pricing agreements and sourcing products and suppliers.
To support end users and the Stores team with receipting goods to enable a 3 way match and invoice payment.
Engage with suppliers to check and maintain product and service pricing as well as obtaining delivery dates.
Support the procurement team with saving and uploading contract and project paperwork in the shared drive and procurement system.
Collect and update the procurement departments KPI information to enable management to report monthly to the departments and Board.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide support to the Buyers with pricing agreements and sourcing products and suppliers.
To support end users and the Stores team with receipting goods to enable a 3 way match and invoice payment.
Engage with suppliers to check and maintain product and service pricing as well as obtaining delivery dates.
Support the procurement team with saving and uploading contract and project paperwork in the shared drive and procurement system.
Collect and update the procurement departments KPI information to enable management to report monthly to the departments and Board.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of secondary education including Maths and English
Knowledge
Essential
- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent organisation and presentation skills
Experience
Essential
- Office management, administrative or telesales experience
Skills
Essential
- Strong team player
- Ability to cope under pressure
- Ability to prioritise workload and meet strict deadlines
- Excellent telephone manner
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of secondary education including Maths and English
Knowledge
Essential
- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent organisation and presentation skills
Experience
Essential
- Office management, administrative or telesales experience
Skills
Essential
- Strong team player
- Ability to cope under pressure
- Ability to prioritise workload and meet strict deadlines
- Excellent telephone manner
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).
