Chief Procurement & Supply Chain Leader (Healthcare)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Staff benefits

Personal and professional development

Job summary

University Hospitals Tees is seeking a Chief Procurement Services Officer to head procurement across the merged Trusts. You will set group procurement and commercial strategy, guiding contracts, supply chain and inventory, and drive savings from non-pay spend across multiple sites.

The role requires MCIPS membership and extensive senior leadership experience in a large healthcare setting, with a track record of delivering cost improvements and strategic transformation.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in a large, complex healthcare organisation.
• Proven ability to develop and implement long-term procurement strategies.
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and delivery of the group procurement and commercial strategy.
• Provide expert advice to Executive Directors, Trust Boards and senior clinical leaders.
• Drive sustainable cost improvement and deliver annual savings and value targets from non-pay spend.
• Lead high-value and complex commercial negotiations.
• Ensure the highest standards of procurement governance, legislative compliance and transparency.
• Develop partnerships across the NHS, public sector and supplier communities.
• Lead and inspire multidisciplinary procurement, supply chain and inventory teams.
• Support strategic transformation programmes and service redesign.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, commercial development and continuous improvement.
• Establish a best-in-class procurement and supply chain service across University Hospitals Tees.
• Lead strategic sourcing, category management and supplier relationship management programmes.
• Lead implementation and optimisation of digital procurement and inventory management systems.

Skills

Senior leadership

Strategic procurement

Commercial negotiations

Governance and compliance

Education

Masters-level management qualification or equivalent

MCIPS membership

Job description

University Hospitals Tees is seeking a Chief Procurement Services Officer to head procurement across the merged Trusts. You will set group procurement and commercial strategy, guiding contracts, supply chain and inventory, and drive savings from non-pay spend across multiple sites.

The role requires MCIPS membership and extensive senior leadership experience in a large healthcare setting, with a track record of delivering cost improvements and strategic transformation.