Head of Operational Procurement - United Kingdom - Transformationunitgm

Description

Employer Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Trust Headquarters Town Leatherhead Salary £58,972 - £68,525 Dependant on experience Salary period Yearly Closing 22/04/2024 23:59

Head of Operational Procurement NHS AfC: Band 8b

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.

Job overview

The Head of Procurement Operations will lead and support the Buying team to deliver initiatives for developing, implementing and maintaining a best-in-class procurement function, in terms of people, systems, processes and strategy.

We provide an integrated procurement service to Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SABP) and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPFT), through a co-funded service model. Staff in the IPS are employed by SABP.

Main duties of the job

My job makes better lives by delivering an efficient procurement function, focusing on continuous development and improvement across the spectrum of procurement operations within the Integrated Procurement Service (IPS) to ensure delivery of a great customer service experience for stakeholders.

Please see Job description for full details.

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.

Main responsibilities include:

• Leadership and direct management of the Operational Procurement Function, ensuring workload is coordinated according to demand.
• The lead expert for providing an operational procurement service within the IPS, ensuring compliance and adherence to all policies and procedures, including public procurement legislation, and internal procurement policy and protocols in the delivery of all procurement activity, whilst staying abreast of any changes in procurement legislation.
• Provide procurement operations expertise within the framework of policies, procedures, guidelines, which govern technical and commercial procurement operations practice at a local and national level; recommending and implementing best practice into the IPS procurement operations activities and outputs as required.
• To be a key contributor to the IPS procurement policy and long term strategic plans, supporting implementation, ensuring that performance targets and strategic objectives are met and that they contribute to both Trusts corporate policies and strategy.
• Create and provide regular management reports for procurement operations initiatives that will be presented at senior boards, such as the Audit Committee, including cost improvement plan (CIP) updates and single tender waiver reports using data such as spend, waiver and compliance that you will be accountable for.
• Overall operational management of the eProcurement system, used daily by IPS and various stakeholders throughout both Trusts including the creation of catalogues to support accurate and efficient ordering and reporting.
• To provide technical expertise within the Buying team, to ensure robust governance compliance is in place and maintained.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders; working closely with them at a strategic level to deliver both Procurement and wider Trust outcomes.

Person specification Professional membership and experince

• Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS) or appropriate professional institute or relevant experience. If not CIPS qualified, must be studying or willing to study if required.
• At least 5 years' functional experience in procurement with significant knowledge in a senior Procurement role
• Experience in people management with the ability to delegate, empower, influence and lead people in a complex and dynamic organisation.
• NHS or Public Sector experience
• NHS or Public Sector Procurement experience

Skills and delivery

• Evidence of achieved to end operational and strategic transactional procurement skillsievements in terms of cost savings and service improvements over a period of time for complex projects and/or transformation.
• Significant data analytics skills linked to business operations management and procurement
• Strategic planning, implementation and management skills with the ability to think analytically and creatively
• Understanding of the Public Contracts Regulations
• Strong relationship skills
• An awareness of Department of Health policy on contracting and procurement

We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.