Assistant Head of National Sourcing - Non Clinical

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Job summary

NHS Wales Shared Services Procurement is an established Procurement Service assisting the Health Boards and Trusts across Wales to deliver patient centred services. We are an award-winning service focusing on value, safety, excellence, innovation and quality. Our aim is to have seamless procurement processes in place that releases clinical time to focus on patient care and develop a value based procurement approach based around patient outcomes.

Procurement Services have a vacant Assistant Head of National Sourcing position as a result of the incumbent member of the team retiring. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your procurement career in a dynamic, challenging and high profile environment. In addition to the criteria outlined in the specification, you should demonstrate how you apply commercial acumen and utilise skills to deliver in the complex changing environment throughout NHS Wales.

The post will be working on behalf of all NHS Organisations in Wales in the management of ICT Categories, and will focus on stakeholder engagement and increased visibility of contract content and expenditure. The post holder will provide vision and leadership in the development and implementation of a national contract portfolio, ensuring that systems, processes, policies and procedures are in place to enable the team to deliver its strategic and operational targets.

Main duties of the job

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your procurement career in a dynamic, challenging and high profile environment. In addition to the criteria outlined in the specification, you should demonstrate how you apply commercial acumen and utilise skills to deliver in the complex changing environment throughout NHS Wales. A resilient personality and track record of delivering creative and innovative solutions are required for success in this role.

The post holder will support the leadership of the Head of National Sourcing in the delivery of a comprehensive sourcing plan, Non Pay Savings, Compliance, P2P, Audit and ensuring operational management and performance monitoring of the ICT Sourcing team.

Supporting the understanding of the strategic direction of all HB/Trusts and aligning with the NWSSP strategic objectives as part of the IMTP plan.

About us

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating.

Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people.

Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Please note that this is a National role and as such the post holder will be required to travel throughout Wales, often independently, on a regular basis. The post holder needs to be actively mobile.

Person Specification

Academic/Professional Qualifications/Training

Essential

• Qualified to MCIPS (Level 6)
• Specialist knowledge of contract law & Procurement principles (both PCR 2015 and PA2023)
• Knowledge of best practice/benchmarking and performance measurement techniques
• Sound knowledge of Public sector Procurement processes/procedures

Skills/Abilities

Essential

• Strong presentational and communication skills
• Ability to work as a part of and lead a team
• Self-directed. Willing to take responsibility and be held accountable
• Experienced "digital" leader, with experience of leading the implementation of digital ICT solutions and systems.
• Highly motivated and innovative thinker with excellent leadership and inter-personal skills to help challenge and influence key decision makers
• Relationship management; the ability to communicate and present clearly and concisely at all levels i.e. Executive and Non-Executive Directors, Senior Clinicians and Suppliers

Desirable

• Welsh Speaker

Values/Personal Qualities

Essential

• Good organiser of time and activities, able to identify key issues and priorities, and work to stretch targets
• Experience of working as part of a diverse, talented and cross organisational matrix team.

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience of handling 'complex' and/or high value ICT/Technology procurements
• Demonstrable track record of achievement of operational management, and delivery of strategic objectives
• In depth experience of procurement compliance issues
• In depth experience of digital platforms/solutions and ability to influence change with them
• Proven experience in advanced negotiation with a thorough understanding of the rules that govern Public Procurement
• Track record of delivering Health board/Trust wide financial savings through procurement