Materials Supplies Lead

Nuffield Health Careers; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

free gym membership

health assessments

retail discounts

pension options

private healthcare

Job summary

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital in Wimbledon is seeking a Materials Supplies Lead to support the Stores Manager. You will coordinate inventory, stock control and supply chain logistics for clinical consumables, instruments and equipment.

You'll work closely with clinical heads to maintain stock levels without overstocking and ensure accurate processing of purchase orders, invoices and supplier queries. Strong IT skills, including Excel, and experience in hospital stores are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience with hospital stock processes and management.
• Proficiency with SAP and Excel.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-moving environment.
• Self-starter capable of coordinating with theatre colleagues and taking responsibility for consumables, prosthesis and loan stocks.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Stores orders and deliveries, put away stock and update records.
• Manage hospital consumables, prosthesis, loan stock, hire and equipment, including returns processing.
• Maintain product levels with clinical heads to avoid overstock.
• Track spending, manage local vendor deliveries and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Process hospital-related purchase orders, invoices, overdue follow-up and supplier queries.
• Collaborate with team and suppliers to minimize AP queries and ensure timely processing.
• Support the manager on improvement projects and cover duties during absences.

Skills

Stock control

Inventory management

Teamwork

Resilience under pressure

Tools

Excel

SAP

Job description

Materials Supplies Lead

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital| Wimbledon SW19 5NX| Stores | Perm | 37.5 hours |9am-5pm| Monday to Friday

We are looking for a Materials Supplies Lead to support the manager in Stores. You will assist the manager with the daily inventory, stock control, and supply chain logistics for clinical consumables, surgical instruments, and medical equipment. You will be an organised team player capable of working under pressure with a keen eye for detail, good IT and leadership skills

As a Materials Supplies Lead you will:

• Co-ordinate Stores orders and deliveries, put away stock and assist with re-organisation of the storage areas and updating records.
• Ensure that all Hospital consumables, prosthesis, loan stock, hire and equipment are managed efficiently and effectively, including processing of returns
• Work closely with clinical heads and consultants to maintain required product levels without overstocking
• Track spending, manage local vendor deliveries, and ensure regulatory compliance
• Ensure that all hospital-related purchase orders are processed and managed accurately and efficiently, including invoice reconciliation and the timely follow-up of overdue purchase orders, supplier queries, and delivery issues
• Work with the team, other departments and suppliers to ensure that AP queries are kept to a minimum and processed in a timely manner
• Provide support to the manager to complete improvement projects and to manage the team and cover responsibilities during absences

Who we're looking for:

• Good IT skills, including use of Excel.
• Experience of working with stock processes and management would be desirable/must??
• Experience of SAP would be desirable.
• Experience of working in a Hospital environment or a demanding, fast-moving environment would be desirable.
• Should be resilient and able to work under pressure and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Must be a self-starter and who can work closely with theatre colleagues and take full responsibility for managing the consumable, prosthesis and loan stocks so that the appropriate kit is in place in time.

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:

• free gym membership
• health assessments
• retail discounts
• pension options
• private healthcare

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital.

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital is one of the leading private hospitals in South-West London. We opened in 1983 and are located opposite Wimbledon Common. Our hospital is easily accessible from Central London and the surrounding areas.

For over 35 years, we have provided first-class independent healthcare for the local community.

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