Deployment Specialist Inventory Management

NHS Supply Chain; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Deployment Specialist, where you'll play a crucial role in enhancing inventory management solutions across NHS hospitals in the South of England. This position offers the opportunity to work independently while collaborating with diverse stakeholders to ensure successful deployments. With a focus on continuous improvement, you'll analyze data, identify operational challenges, and implement effective solutions. Enjoy a hybrid working model, generous holiday, and a commitment to your professional development. If you're passionate about making a difference in healthcare, this role is for you.

Benefits

Hybrid working opportunities

Annual bonus schemes

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

In-house training and development

Well-being leave

Generous pension scheme

Flexible Benefits Scheme

Paid volunteering leave

Discounts via Blue Light Card

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience with inventory management systems, ideally in NHS.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement inventory management solutions in healthcare settings.
• Provide guidance and training on inventory management.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Inventory Management

Project Management

Clinical Knowledge

Technical Solution Implementation

Job description

Deployment Specialist Inventory Management

02 May 2025

Job Title Deployment Specialist - South of England

Location: Field Based – Covering the South of England

Contract type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Salary: £35,627 with potential to rise to £39,585 over 3 years

Closing Date: Friday 16 th May2025

NHS Supply Chain currently has an opportunity for a Deployment Specialist tojoin our team during an exciting period of transformation, working to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first.

We are seeking an experienced Deployment Specialist who will join our new In-Hospital Services team. In this role, you will be supporting our NHS customers in the South of England through the deployment and best practice guidance provision of our supply chain/inventory management solutions into NHS hospitals, ensuring successful outcomes for both customer and business. Working independently, you will collaborate across a complex stakeholder landscape including NHS Supply Chain internal and external facing teams, hospital procurement, supply chain, clinical, IT and senior roles.

Every day you will …

• Implement ecommerce/demand or inventory management solutions in a healthcare/hospital setting.
• Provide guidance and training to customers and third parties on inventory management solutions in a healthcare/hospital setting
• Support with the technical delivery of an inventory management solutions in a healthcare/hospital setting, for e.g. helping to define and deliver system integrations, hardware set up and configuration
• Work as part of a small national team to provide customers and colleagues with guidance on best practice use of our inventory management solutions.
• Work independently to support customer change initiatives by providing analysis or monitoring progress with guidance from a national team.
• Plan and deliver stakeholder engagement activities, in a hospital or community healthcare environment, to develop effective working relationships and to ensure that stakeholder needs, and concerns are identified and met.
• Collate and analyse data using pre-set tools, methods and reporting formats.
• Contribute to reviewing existing operations in a third party or customer environment and generating new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvement across people, process, infrastructure and technology.
• Quickly identify operational problems, root causes and solutions in operational/supply chain customer environments
• Creates new and better ways for the customer or third party organisation to be successful
• Develop and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences
• Know the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement

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We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:

• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.
• We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleagues awards.
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community.
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations.Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

• Previous experience working of working with an inventory management system, ideally within an NHS setting.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
• A Clinical background would be advantageous in this role.
• Knowledge of NHS products.
• Experience in managing projects and the ability to implement technical solutions into operational environments.

Want to develop your career with the NHS Supply Chain? Then apply below or reach out for an informal discussion about the role in confidence by emailing us at [e-mail]

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail] who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.

We reserve the right to close any vacancy from further submissions when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

SCCL is a company Registered in England and Wales, with company number 10881715, to act as the management function of the NHS Supply Chain.

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