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Materials Manager

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Guildford

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GBP 45,000

Full time

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Job summary

A forward-thinking healthcare provider seeks a dynamic Materials Manager to oversee supply chain functions at their Guildford Hospital. This role involves leading inventory management, vendor relations, and cost control while ensuring compliance with policies. Join a collaborative team dedicated to delivering high-quality healthcare and enjoy a supportive work environment that prioritizes your well-being. With a range of benefits including gym memberships and health assessments, this position offers a unique opportunity to influence the future of healthcare services while developing your career in a stimulating atmosphere. Your journey starts here!

Benefits

Free gym membership
Health assessments
Retail discounts
Pension options

Qualifications

  • Experience in Supply Chain for a multisite company is advantageous.
  • Strong communicator capable of influencing hospital leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the supply chain operations and manage inventory effectively.
  • Ensure compliance with policies and drive operational excellence.

Skills

Leadership
Inventory Management
Vendor Relationship Management
Cost Management
Communication
Problem Solving

Education

Degree in Supply Chain Management
Working towards Supply Chain qualification

Tools

Materials Management Systems

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Guildford Hospital | Procurement | Permanent | Full time

Up to £45,000 per annum, dependent on experience

37.5 hours per week

At Nuffield Health the UKs largest healthcare charity, everything we give our patients, members and customers would not be possible without you. Whether it's driving connected health, helping the nation, transforming experiences, or building the career you want - we give you the support to do it all. Join our journey. It starts with you.

As a Materials Manager (MM) will provide leadership and management oversight & support to the daily operations of all supply chain functions at Nuffield Health Hospitals, either as on a solus or multisite basis (dependent on location). As the leader within your team, you will serve as the key lead between the Central supply chain and the hospital leadership teams, providing effective communication internally, across the hospital and within your department. You would do this, whilst supporting the individual, as well as the team 's development, knowledge, and skills improvement.

The MM will lead the on-site supply chain department/s including inventory management, vendor relationship management, and managing supply expenses. In addition, you would be responsible for implementation of best practice and continuous improvement across the Hospitals you are responsible for.

Main duties of the role include:

To ensure goods and services are purchased to meet hospital requirements, in line with Nuffield Health's policies and procedures

To develop the department with accountability for achieving cost management and the accurate and timely provision of all management information required

To ensure effective business planning and development for the department with input into hospital business planning, improvement and development

Be the face of Supply Chain and make yourself a key point of contact at sites

To ensure the achievement of Supply Chain objectives i.e. target inventory levels/compliancy

To ensure all audits / reviews of the department and its performance are undertaken and recorded. Action taken in a prompt manner to address any issues raised

To implement Nuffield Health policies and procedures within the department and ensure departmental compliance with all relevant standards and procedures

To ensure the development, implementation, monitoring and review of departmental working processes and / or standards of practice, policies, procedures or protocols

Engage with senior stakeholders at the facilities such as: Head of Departments, Hospital Directors, Finance Business Partners, amongst others

Drive operational excellence in areas of responsibility and assist in delivering the divisional strategy at a local level

Gain customer trust through relationship development and be a credible change management expert

Consult and meet regularly with departments to discuss any necessary changes due to developments in clinical practice, as well as the wider supply chain

Accountability that best practice in inventory management is followed within the department, undertaking, managing and recording planned stock counts in accordance with Nuffield Health Supply Chain policy

To liaise with Nuffield Heath Procurement department to manage the activities of all suppliers in relation to the service provided to the hospital

To identify and address risk management issues in liaison with both the Finance Business Partner and Regional Materials Manager

Cost reduction and efficiency improvements are implemented and supported

Accountability of all records relevant to area of responsibility are maintained, managed, and reported accurately and in accordance with required procedures and timescales

Ensure timely and accurate invoice investigations and resolutions

To actively participate in any business process / project / initiative which may impact upon / be impacted by area of responsibility

Degree level and/or working towards a Supply Chain qualification would be desirable

Prior experience of working within Supply Chain for a multisite company, would be an advantage

Leadership and management experience including team leadership with commercial and finance remit, working to cost control KPIs

Strong and effective communicator with an ability to influence and represent the Supplies Function through clear and regular communications to the hospital leadership team

Experience with Materials Management inventory systems will be advantageous

Ability to evaluate problems and identify the most appropriate approach to resolving, pursuing issues through to completion.

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.

Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital

Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital provides high-quality healthcare working with leading Consultants to offer a range of services and treatments for preventing, diagnosing and treating a wide array of medical conditions and offer a wide range of complex surgery and services. We are proud to have received a "good" rating from the health care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our facilities include 49 en-suite patient bedrooms, 4 operating theatres, acute dependency and oncology units. We've been awarded the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark for cancer care and our Endoscopy service has achieved JAG accreditation. Our site is shared with an NHS Trust hospital, giving us access to their facilities. The working atmosphere is highly professional and stimulating, yet friendly and collaborative like that of a large family unit.

The hospital is easily accessible from the A3 or M25 and we are located about 1.5 miles from Guildford town centre.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

Applications will be considered as they are received, and interviews will be arranged accordingly. We reserve the right to close adverts early, for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications. Therefore, please apply early to ensure you are considered for the post.

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