Head of Procurement

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Head of Procurement to lead strategic procurement initiatives. The ideal candidate will be responsible for enhancing supply chain efficiency and ensuring compliance with procurement law. The role offers opportunities for professional development and is focused on delivering high-quality services across multiple settings.

Benefits

In-house Occupational Health Service

Staff Counselling Service

Health and Wellbeing Team

Qualifications

• Experience in leading procurement functions in complex organizations.
• Strong understanding of procurement law and policies.
• Demonstrated skills in stakeholder engagement and strategic partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the delivery of strategic priorities for the Trust.
• Lead the procurement function for Nottinghamshire Healthcare and East Midlands Ambulance Service.
• Ensure adherence to policies and procurement law.
• Represent the Trust at various levels to develop procurement initiatives.
• Facilitate continuous quality improvement in procurement operations.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Strategic thinking

Compliance knowledge

Supply chain management

Job description

Join our dynamic Finance and Procurement Department making a real impact in specialist healthcare services. We are excited to announce an exceptional leadership opportunity for an experienced Procurement professional to lead and support our organisation.

As Head of Procurement, you will play a pivotal role in the senior Finance leadership team delivering strategic procurement support to services that touch lives daily. This is a pivotal role for the Trust and East Midlands Ambulance Service, involving developing and overseeing our procurement strategy and supply chain processes and ensuring compliance and value for money across all purchasing activities. The successful applicant will build on shaping and continuously improving our procurement functions, working with colleagues internally and system wide, enhancing supply chain efficiency, ensuring we realise optimal value across all supply chain activities and continue to develop a culture of excellence within the team.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

The Head of Procurement will

• contribute to the delivery of Nottinghamshire Healthcare and East Midlands Ambulance Service strategy and annual priorities, in particular in relation to value and sustainability.
• lead the procurement function for both Trusts.
• provide professional leadership and advice ensuring adherence and alignment to the Trust's policies and procedures and procurement law.
• represent the Trust locally, regionally and nationally level to help derive forward procurement and supply chain initiatives through partnership.
• will facilitate a continuous quality improvement approach within the department, ensuring our procedures and systems deliver an effective, high quality and integrated service.
  
  

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jo-Anne John Job title: Deputy Director of Finance and Procurement Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07584 558 324