Supplies Manager

Nuffield Health; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Ipswich seeks a Supplies Manager to oversee the Supply Chain function. You will lead a team, manage inventory, and ensure compliance with purchasing policies. Candidates should have strong leadership and inventory management skills. The role offers a competitive salary up to £45,000 and includes a range of wellness benefits.

Benefits

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Qualifications

• Experience in leading and motivating a team.
• Proven skills in inventory management.
• Experience in cost reduction and achieving budget targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Materials department and supervise the team.
• Ensure goods are purchased according to hospital policies.
• Achieve Supply Chain objectives and maintain inventory compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Inventory management

Cost management

Communication

Job description

Supplies Manager

Ipswich Hospital | Procurement | Permanent | Full Time
Up to £45,000.00 depending on skills and experience
37.5 hours per week

Nuffield Health is the UK's largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we're committed to building a healthier nation. Inside our award-winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care. It starts with you.

We are looking for a Supplies Manager to lead our Supply Chain function at the Ipswich Nuffield Hospital.

Key reponsibilities of the role include:

• Lead, motivate, supervise, and train the team within the Materials department.
• Ensure goods and services are purchased to meet hospital requirements, in line with Nuffield Health's policies and procedures.
• Develop the department with accountability for achieving cost management and the accurate and timely provision of all management information required.
• Be the face of Supply Chain and make yourself a key point of contact at site.
• Ensure the achievement of Supply Chain objectives i.e. target inventory levels/compliancy.
• 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.
• Cost reduction and efficiency improvements are implemented and supported.
• To actively participate in any business process / project / initiative which may impact upon / be impacted by area of responsibility.
• Consult and meet regularly with departments to discuss any necessary changes due to developments in clinical practice, as well as the wider supply chain.
• Expand line management responsibility to encompass other roles within the hospital that may support the function of the supplies department.

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 Ipswich Hospital.

Set in over 19 acres of private woodland, Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital is a haven of tranquility and repose. Only private patients are treated at Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital, making us the only purely private hospital in East Anglia and the first within the Nuffield Health Hospitals group. We are currently registered with the Care Quality Commission for 60 beds, with areas of specialty in cataract, cosmetic, gynaecology, imaging & radiology, orthopaedics and urology & men's health Ipswich has a CQC (Care Quality Commission) rating of good.

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It starts with you.