Demand Planner Lead
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Job summary
The Vaccination and Screening Directorate (V&S) is responsible for discharging the NHS public health functions agreement, under which the Secretary of State delegates responsibility to NHS England for certain public health services, known as Section 7A services. These include around 20 immunisation programmes, 11 screening programmes and other services such as child health information services (CHIS), some of which are led Health and Justice national commissioning team.
Working as a multi-disciplinary team, we work across the NHS and wider partners to design and deliver the best possible services. The directorate is collectively responsible for the delivery of our mission statement:
To deliver maximum levels of uptake and coverage across the whole population within and between communities, improving health outcomes, avoiding harm, enabling earlier diagnosis and helping people to stay well, leaving no-one behind.
Main duties of the job
The Demand Planner Lead post sits within the Supply Chain Team.
The Supply Chain team work to support the highest uptake and best vaccination offer for COVID, and Adult Flu through the management and control of physical logistics, national forecasting, central modelling and regional engagement. It is a high performing team that relies on strong stakeholder management skills, flexibility and fluidity in relation to work tasks and problem solving, and a strong adherence to a team ethic to ensure we collectively deliver provide our service users with the end service they require, in the most efficient, effective, collaborative and cost effective way possible.
The Demand Planner Lead will primarily be responsible for managing the end-to-end forecasting S&OP process, bring together insights from regional and national colleagues to deliver a single unified forecast for the vaccination & screening program. The accuracy and agility of this forecast is a vital element to the success of the program, ensuring correct volumes of stock are delivered on time and where needed during vaccination campaigns.
Additional responsibilities will also include supporting in the deployment of the supply teams demand & supply algorithms (TDM). Plus supporting in time sensitive strategic analysis. Most of which will be used and distributed to very senior stakeholders within Supply, V&S, NHS and wider external stakeholders
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
Details
Date posted
27 August 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8c
Salary
£74,290 to £85,601 a year Inclusive of London Weighting
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
990-VAC-6574125-E
Job locations
Wellington House
London
SE1 8UG
Employer details
Employer name
NHS England
Address
Wellington House
London
SE1 8UG
Employer's website
https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)
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