Senior Procurement Business Partner

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

Knowledge & Qualifications

Essential

• . Recognised continuing professional development at an advanced level.
• . Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
• . Strong understanding of the various levers of unlocking value from procurement and supply chain, such as sourcing, tendering, demand management, standardisation and contract management.
• . Understanding of the EU Directives and Public Contract Regulations, NHS standard terms and conditions of contracts and sound knowledge of contract law.
• . Advanced IT skills including knowledge of specialist software for contract management, electronic catalogue and e-procurement systems to ensure efficient use of procurement enablement technologies (eg e-auctions).
• . Able to analyse and interpret spend data and quotations, as well as undertake market analysis.
• . Good knowledge of Microsoft Office software, particularly Microsoft Excel
• . Knowledge of Bribery Act & Data Protection.
• . Relevant Business qualification
• . Degree, Master's Degree or MBA/MPA
• . Specialist commercial / NHS experience and knowledge in Procurement
• . Working knowledge of the NHS / Public sector
• . Finance knowledge
• . Statistical and data analysis skills

Desirable

• . Prince2 or other recognised project management qualification
• . A working knowledge / understanding of the NHS and Acute Trusts

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• . Excellent persuasion, influencing and conflict resolution skills.
• . Highly motivated and conscientious.
• . Excellent written and oral communications and interpersonal skills.
• . Commercial acumen within procurement.
• . Programme and project management.
• . Excellent analytical skills.
• . Able to successfully lead and work with teams.
• . Well-developed political awareness, delegation, people and workload management skills.
• . IT literate and skilled in evaluation, analysis and reporting.
• . Commitment to personal, staff and organisational development.
• . Ability to identify, develop, nurture and promote innovate approaches to service development.
• . Applies self to drive for timely results across a number of complex projects, supportive of colleagues in dealing with ambiguity and changing priorities.

Experience

Essential

• . Evidence of delivering complex projects.
• . Evidence of category management and tendering experience.
• . Experience of managing outsourcing and outsourced contracts.
• . Fact based dynamic decision making.
• . Experience of working in a pressurised environment.
• o Highly ethical and committed to achieving high quality procurement outcomes.
• o Supports and encourages teamwork with colleagues to ensure that common objectives are embraced with clarity about where accountability lies
• o Meets tight deadlines in a fast paced dynamic environment with consistently high levels of performance
• o Experience of working within the NHS and an understanding of current issues

Desirable

• . A track record of improvement and organisational change.

Communication

Essential

• o Highly developed interpersonal communication (Written and oral) and facilitating skills.
• o Strong positive influencing skills.
• o The ability to present to large, potentially critical audiences in a confident manner and respond to questions authoritatively.
• o The ability to manage and chair meetings of stakeholders from a range of different business disciplines and drive actions.
• o Experience of presenting to the board in medium to large organisations
• o Experience of key supplier / large, complex contact management

Physical Qualities

Essential

• o The job will be a combination of desk based activity and being active across all Trust sites.
• o The role will require some travel, mainly within London.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).