Buyer

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Bebington; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust seeks experienced procurement professionals to manage a demanding programme of work across the Trust and Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. The role focuses on delivering cash-releasing savings, improving patient care through effective procurement project delivery, and maintaining rigorous public sector compliance.

The postholder will collaborate with Procurement managers, clinical divisions, and the Finance team to

Qualifications

• Procurement experience preferred, not essential NHS/public sector experience acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Proactively manages allocated procurement categories and projects with agreed timescales.
• Identify and achieve potential cash releasing savings through benchmarking, market testing, standardisation, and negotiation.
• Add value and ensure probity through contract compliance and proactive supplier/contract management.
• Lead and manage tenders and contracts to achieve best value within agreed timescales.
• Analyse financial implications of contract awards and report to budget holders.

Job description

We are seeking highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our successful team. Responsible for procurement for both Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. The postholders will work closely with Procurement managers, Trust Divisions, including clinicians, and the Finance team to identify opportunities and deliver procurement projects that improve patient care and outcomes while generating cash-releasing savings and efficiencies in support of the Trust's cost improvement programme. We are looking for a team player who shows initiative, is logical, good at analysing and interpreting information and data from different sources, and who can identify and present options and recommendations and manage procurement projects from planning through to contract award and management. This role requires the postholder to manage a demanding and full programme of work, and to be accountable for the successful delivery of their own work plan and will be working within a procurement environment that is rigorously performance managed. Ideally candidates should have procurement experience, but it is not essential for that experience to have been gained in the NHS or public sector. The post requires.

• Proactively manages allocated procurement categories and projects, delivering against agreed timescales and outcomes for a specified Division(s) across the Trust ensuring compliance with current public sector procurement legislative framework, Trust Standing Financial Instructions and local Finance and Procurement policies and procedures.
• Identify and achieve potential cash releasing savings from revenue expenditure through proactive benchmarking, market testing, standardisation, and negotiation with suppliers.
• Add value and ensure probity through contract compliance and proactive supplier and contract management.
• Lead and manage tenders and contracts for a range of goods and services to achieve best value for money for the Trust, delivering to agreed timescales.
• Analyse the financial implications of contract awards and communicate to Trust budget holders including formally reporting on the implications of supplier and product changes.
• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with stakeholders, identify service and/or cost improvements to increase contract coverage, and improve contract management.
• To provide professional procurement advice and training sessions to end users at all levels in respect of the procurement process, including UK regulations and the specification and evaluation of goods and/or services. All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents. We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint. We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m. The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.