Procurement Data Analyst

Job description

Job responsibilities

COMMUNICATION

• Work closely with other members of the operational Procurement, LPC team and wider ward/departmental based Trust colleagues Communications will involve providing advice either by face to face and by telephone, within meetings, written, letters, memorandum and e-mail.
• Resolve customer queries/complaints.
• Develop strong working relationships with Trust colleagues.

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

• Manage teams within a matrix environment across the LPC, ensuring effective motivation and individual professional development in line with LPC and trust objectives. Supporting a culture of transparency, flexible working and continuous improvement which will enable the team to strive for excellence, deliver its strategy, objectives and priorities.
• Undertake all relevant mandatory training
• Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job,
• Participate in appropriate training activities

ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the Business Improvement and Deployment planning process for the cluster Trusts to deliver cash releasing savings and balanced scorecard objectives in line with requirements and expectations of the Head of Service.
• Execute the Systems & Ecommerce strategy In order to deliver best practice across the LPC

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 5 GCSEs including English and Maths,Science or equivalent
• 2 A Levels or relevaant qualification

Desirable

• working towards or educated to degree level or equivalent level
• project management (prince 2)

Experience

Essential

• Priotising workload in a dynamic enviroment to meet the business needs
• Proven experience in managing and maintaining and developing databases and filing systems

Desirable

• Experience of a procurement/finance department within the NHS

Knowledge

Essential

• Expert user of MS Office Suite especially excel,work,powerpoint
• Excellent MS skills must be proficient in Vlookup
• Excellent MS skills must be proficient in Sumif and countiffs
• Excellent MS skills must be proficient in If and Iferror
• Excellent MS skills must be proficient in Multi layer nested formulae
• Excellent MS skills must be proficient in Relative and absolute references
• Excellent MS skills must be proficient in Pivot tables
• Excellent MS skills must be proficient in Charts and pivot chart
• Delivering and presenting statistical information, graphics and short reports

Desirable

• Procurement software packages

Practical/physical skills

Essential

• Attendance at meetings at various hospitals and venues throughout the region and country
• Long concentration Levels at computer screens
• Flexible, use of own initiative and work unsupervised

Other

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skillls and ability to utilise them to communicate effectively
• Able to work in partnership at all levels both within the organisation and with key stakeholders and groups across the trust
• Car driver

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).

Employer details

Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital

Haslingden Road

Blackburn

BB2 3HH

Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)