Senior Tendering and Business Development Manager

Job responsibilities

Design, plan, manage and oversee the timely delivery and compliance with Tendering and Business Development opportunities across CDDFT;

Design, plan, lead and deliver awareness sessions, advice and guidance on Tendering and Business Development procedures and requirements across all levels of CDDFT;

Ensure appropriate data collection systems are in place or established to deliver insightful analytics on Tendering and Business Development activity capturing and sharing key lessons and learnings;

Successfully deliver to time, cost and quality requirements specific improvement projects and programmes (where required) ensuring that evidence based practice is fully and effectively deployed in all work;

Apply creativity and innovation techniques to the Tendering and Business Development programme including learning from other public and private sector practices both nationally and internationally, e.g. commercial, retail, design etc.

Ensure a focus on objectives which deliver the highest standards of efficiency with no adverse impact on quality;

Ensure robust programme and project management and governance is effectively applied and ensure that all risks/issues are managed and escalated where required in line with CDDFT requirements;

Provide regular reports as required using a range of formats, and to an array of audiences from Trust Board through to external local and nationally platforms;

Identify interdependencies with other work streams and manage accordingly, ensuring a holistic approach to Tendering and Business Development activity across CDDFT;

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent;
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development;

Desirable

• Membership of relevant professional body (e.g. Chartered Institute of Purchase and Supply (CIPS));

Special Requirements

Essential

• A commitment to the continuous development of the PMO to be innovative and to constantly seek new ways of working/improving performance;
• Must meet the travel requirements of the post;
• Travelling between and working at different locations, locally, regionally and nationally as required;

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of planning, managing and overseeing the compliance with and timely delivery against a tendering process;
• Demonstrable evidence of coaching, supporting and directing operational, clinical and corporate teams on tendering and procurement requirements, standards and content;
• Experience of developing, completing and maintaining data collection and reporting systems that demonstrate effective management controls, process assurance and insightful analytics on performance;
• Experience of successfully delivering to time, cost and quality requirements specific improvement projects;
• Demonstrable evidence of applying creating thinking and innovation to problem solving;
• Extensive experience of having effectively and robustly run projects to deliver successful outcomes;

Desirable

• In depth knowledge of the Trusts day to day business and services an evidenced aptitude for recognizing and seizing opportunities for change and development;
• Credible and motivational leader with ability to engage staff at all levels and across disciplines;
• Good understanding of the performance management and financial framework within the NHS;

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Communication & Relationship Skills
• The ability to effectively communicate complex, contentious or sensitive information to staff of a wide variety of professional backgrounds and seniority;
• The ability to advise, influence and negotiate including those of greater seniority in matters affecting operational practices. This will include the presentation of complex information to managers occasionally in large groups;
• Understands and can effectively convey current concepts clearly and persuasively;
• Analytical & Judgement Skills
• Ability to analyse highly complex situations, scenarios and projects and is able to determine the impact of these and contribute to effective decision making in an uncertain environment;
• Ability to produce, analyse and present reports to a wide audience as well as making recommendations;
• Planning & Organisation Skills
• Ability to plan and manage the workload to ensure workload is delivered to a high quality within deadlines;
• Uses a broad understanding of the organisation, clinical issues, customers and stakeholders to provide business advice;
• Using Information Technology
• Uses IT to gather, interpret and manipulate information to meet the needs of the audience;
• Mental & Physical Attributes
• Excellent organizational skills;
• Ability to cope with rapid and sustained change;
• Capable of working independently;
• Able to work under pressure and deliver high quality work within challenging deadlines;
• Interpersonal Skills
• Clear and effective communication and presentation skills;
• Strong people management skills team working, motivation and delegation;
• Strong influencing, analytical and negotiation skills;
• Excellent written communication skills;
• Able to cope with and resolve conflict;

Desirable

• Microsoft Office experience;

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).