Commercial / Procurment Lead

Job summary

You will work with them in leading and providing professional expertise to refine, develop and implement best in class Commercial strategies for NHS Blood & Transplant.

You will contribute towards increasing savings for NHSBT; delivering year on year cash releasing and cost avoidance savings via category management and strategic opportunities, leading strategic sourcing, supplier rationalisation, service redesign, procurement strategy, and supplier and contract management to drive quality and value for NHSBT.

You will lead, actively engage, and collaborate with internal stakeholders, suppliers, other public sector bodies to embed the Commercial strategy and you will develop effective partnerships, with the aim of improving customer satisfaction and engagement to ensure the needs of differing customers are identified and met.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will be responsible for developing and embedding Category Strategy as a practice, including developing processes and templates. Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and embedding Category Strategy as a practice, including developing processes and templates.
• Training the commercial team on Category Strategy and ensuring that their professional development needs are identified, met, and maintained.
• Providing market intelligence to Sourcing & Procurement and Contract & Supplier management teams.
• Leading on benchmark with other Government organisations (nationally and internationally) to identify best practices on Category Strategies and more.
• Providing specialist advice, guidance, and service on commercial practices to NHSBT departments; leading in the identification, assessment and management of potential risks associated with differing sourcing strategies.
• Inputting to Commercial policy and service development, including devising new policies, and working practices to ensure legal compliance and performance against KPIs.
• Responding to internal audit reviews and accountable for implementing action plans.
• Communicating and providing complex Commercial information to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Producing written reports and presentations to the Head of Commercial Operations, Commercial Director, Director of Finance, SMTs, Executive, Chief Executive and Board on key Commercials.

About us

At NHS Blood and Transplant, were incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers. Its an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever