Diagnostic Network Procurement Manager

Candino CA; Colchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health services provider in Colchester is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead complex procurement projects, achieve cost savings, and collaborate with clinical teams. This role offers substantial training and benefits, including 27 days of annual leave and opportunities for professional development. Candidates should have a background in procurement with relevant qualifications or experience.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Generous pension scheme

Staff Health and Wellbeing programme

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Background in procurement or contracting with relevant qualifications or substantial experience.
• Ability to lead procurement processes that are commercially sound.
• Capability to identify areas to improve quality and reduce costs.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex procurement projects ensuring compliance with NHS standards.
• Implement Cost Improvement Programmes at the trust level.
• Collaborate with clinical and operational teams to identify procurement opportunities.

Skills

Procurement expertise

Project management

Cost-saving initiatives

Collaboration

Education

Relevant qualifications in procurement or contracting

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Procurement Manager to join us within the East of England Diagnostic Network Team. The network team has expanded to include four diagnostic networks: Pathology, Imaging, Endoscopy and Physiological Sciences. Our collaborative approach is central to our operations, and we are committed to supporting our trusts within the procurement domain.

Diagnostic networks aim to support staff development, share skills and knowledge, embrace innovation, deliver excellence, and create value within our procurement activities. The ambition is to become a world class procurement function of the future.

In this role you will lead specific project streams aimed at delivering Cost Improvement Programmes (CIP) at the local trust level. By engaging in regional procurement initiatives, participating trusts can leverage collective expertise and economies of scale to achieve cost savings and operational efficiencies.

This post is until 31st March 2026. Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex procurement projects, ensuring compliance with NHS standards and achieving cost savings.
• Implement CIP initiatives at the trust level, aiming for significant savings without compromising service quality.
• Collaborate with clinical and operational teams across multiple trusts to identify procurement opportunities and streamline processes.
• Provide support to the Network Operational Director in delivering various projects within the networks.
• Identify new opportunities to deliver cost and value benefits across the network's portfolio.
• Represent the procurement domain and the relevant network at various events, necessitating occasional travel around the East of England.

Qualifications

• Background in procurement or contracting with relevant qualifications or substantial experience.
• Ability to lead procurement processes that are commercially sound and in the best interests of the network.
• Capability to identify areas to improve quality and reduce costs and to deliver innovative opportunities for member trusts.

About ESNEFT and Benefits

We are ESNEFT and provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what is widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. LNKD1_UKTJ