Senior Procurement Partner

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Full time
Our people are our greatest strength and through our people we strive to make continuous improvements.

See below for our current list of live job opportunities. Main area: Procurement Grade: G Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri (usually 9am - 5pm)) Job ref: 166-DSFS-6896150 Site: DSFS - Chesterfield Royal Hospital Town: Chesterfield Salary: £52,286 - £58,000 Pro Rata Per Annum depending on experience Salary period: Yearly Closing: 27/01/2025 11:00 Interview date: 06/02/2025 Job overview

We are looking for a Senior Procurement Partner to join the Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd team to deliver high quality value for money procurement services on behalf of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and external clients. You will need to demonstrate strong team working skills; have extensive experience of working in a Procurement environment, ideally in the Public Sector, and be able to demonstrate excellent customer service skills. This post will play a key role in ensuring the procurement of the right goods at the right price delivered to the right place at the right time. This post will support senior staff to analyse and evaluate procurement data; tender and award contracts in line with local policies and relevant legislation; improve supplier performance, implement specific electronic catalogues, and continuously improve the service for clients. Main duties of the job

The primary aspect of the role is to represent the purchasing function as a progressive, proactive, responsive and innovative Procurement partner in order to generate, manage and deliver innovative procurement projects and solutions. Work closely with client stakeholders to influence choice; prioritise change and to deliver savings, process improvements and product standardisation to drive costs down and to drive quality, efficiency and service excellence up. To drive and deliver in conjunction with client stakeholders and teams, the Procurement approach to ongoing cost improvement programs on a forward plan basis which is robustly and transparently tracked and transacted. Working for our organisation

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. DSFS has just under 1000 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive. DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Full professional membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supplies (by qualification), or equivalent demonstrable experience. Experience

Demonstrable experience in non-clinical procurement (such as Estates, IT and Facilities). Proven experience at senior level in procurement and materials management involving recent direct managerial responsibility for staff. Proven ability in the provision of a cost effective customer focused service, targeted at achieving cost reduction. Working knowledge of procurement elements of current P2P systems. NHS Purchasing experience. Demonstrable experience in public sector procurement. Experience of utilising integrated P2P system. Skills and Knowledge

Highly developed communication skills to operate at all staff and management levels, internally and externally. Robust negotiating and contracting skills. Sound knowledge of legal and statutory requirements in relation to procurement. Developed approach to engaging and influencing clinical leaders. Effective planning and organisational skills. Highly developed analytical skills. Experience of procurement services in a subsidiary company environment to a parent organisation. Personal Attributes

Effective motivational skills within a changing environment. Self-motivated. Ability to motivate others. Ability to work to agreed objectives and achieve these within pre-determined deadlines. Demonstrates Trust Values

Responsive – Reliable - Resourceful - Respectful Compassion, Achievement, Relationships, Environment Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. VISA's and Immigration system

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered at this point in time. Communications

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account, spam folders and NHS Jobs (where applicable) account regularly. If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the

DSFS

Human Resources team on 01246 513737 / crhft.dsfshumanresources@nhs.net and we will be happy to provide assistance.

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