Job summary
NWL Procurement Services ("NWL PS") is part of Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, and provides procurement and supply chain management services across all members ("NWL Members").
The Sourcing Manager executes sourcing activities for NWL Procurement Services ("NWL PS") to provide excellent customer service, best value and compliance with NWL PS governance. The Sourcing Manager shall work in accordance with direction from the Head of Sourcing to ensure that sourcing is a value-adding activity through the development and execution of excellent Sourcing Plans for each project.
The Sourcing Manager shall ensure that the areas for which they are responsible achieve or exceed the Service Level Agreement KPIs and internal NWL PS performance metrics.
Main duties of the job
Work in accordance with the direction of the Head of Sourcing to ensure that sourcing is a value-adding activity.
Develop and deliver individual sourcing plans to best address the challenges set out by Category Management, delivering excellent customer service, best value for money and compliance with NWL PS governance.
Support achievement of NWL PS Delivery Board approval of all project gateways, including the Procurement Outcome Report.
Provide effective handover of sourcing projects to the Manage & Enable function.
Proactively work to achieve Service Level Agreement KPIs and internal NWL PS performance improvement metric targets.
Responsible for input into procurement project delivery, informing on potential sourcing approaches, ensuring that the project reflects appropriate potential sourcing approaches.
Responsible for providing and receiving highly complex information when dealing with a range of issues from both internal and external stakeholders
About us
Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**
Note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this administrative role
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**
Note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this administrative role
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Professional operational service delivery and business management knowledge to degree equivalent plus further management experience or training to post graduate diploma level or equivalent
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- MCIPS Qualified or working towards MCIPS
Experience
Essential
- Good level of experience of sourcing activity in a relevant field
- Significant experience of stakeholder management in a customer and results focused environment
- Successful negotiation and implementation of purchasing agreements
- Performance management in a multi-site environment
- Evidence of providing and receiving complex information,
- Experience in being persuasive and motivational, with the ability to negotiate and train others
- Experience in handling complex facts or situations, requiring analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options
- Evidence of planning and organising a broad range of complex activities; and formulating, adjusting plans or strategies.
- Experience in using software or systems to develop performance, statistical or management reports
Desirable
- Experience in sourcing or procurement in non-clinical categories including but not limited to facilities management, IT and professional services
- Experience of working within the NHS and an understanding of current issues
- Previous experience of working as a Procurement Manager
- Experience of being responsible for policy implementation and/or supporting discrete policy or service development
- Experience of line management of a single function or department
Skills
Essential
- Negotiation: A skilled negotiator with a broad range of skill sets
- Analysis: Skilled in being able to conduct analysis on complex data sets to provide concise insights
- Stakeholder Management: Strong stakeholder management skills, demonstrating ability to engage with stakeholders at multi levels
- Commercial reasoning
- Influencing
- Relationship management
- Project management
- Team working
- Communication
- Information systems
- Financial skills with the ability to monitor or contribute to the drawing up of department or service budgets or financial initiatives
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Professional operational service delivery and business management knowledge to degree equivalent plus further management experience or training to post graduate diploma level or equivalent
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- MCIPS Qualified or working towards MCIPS
Experience
Essential
- Good level of experience of sourcing activity in a relevant field
- Significant experience of stakeholder management in a customer and results focused environment
- Successful negotiation and implementation of purchasing agreements
- Performance management in a multi-site environment
- Evidence of providing and receiving complex information,
- Experience in being persuasive and motivational, with the ability to negotiate and train others
- Experience in handling complex facts or situations, requiring analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options
- Evidence of planning and organising a broad range of complex activities; and formulating, adjusting plans or strategies.
- Experience in using software or systems to develop performance, statistical or management reports
Desirable
- Experience in sourcing or procurement in non-clinical categories including but not limited to facilities management, IT and professional services
- Experience of working within the NHS and an understanding of current issues
- Previous experience of working as a Procurement Manager
- Experience of being responsible for policy implementation and/or supporting discrete policy or service development
- Experience of line management of a single function or department
Skills
Essential
- Negotiation: A skilled negotiator with a broad range of skill sets
- Analysis: Skilled in being able to conduct analysis on complex data sets to provide concise insights
- Stakeholder Management: Strong stakeholder management skills, demonstrating ability to engage with stakeholders at multi levels
- Commercial reasoning
- Influencing
- Relationship management
- Project management
- Team working
- Communication
- Information systems
- Financial skills with the ability to monitor or contribute to the drawing up of department or service budgets or financial initiatives
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.
