[ref. n11434016] Chesterfield - Senior Procurement Partner

Job overview

You will need to demonstrate strong team working skills; have extensive experience of working in a Procurement environment, ideally in the Public Sector, and be able to demonstrate excellent customer service skills.

This post will play a key role in ensuring the procurement of the right goods at the right price delivered to the right place at the right time. This post will support senior staff to analyse and evaluate procurement data; tender and award contracts in line with local policies and relevant legislation; improve supplier performance, implement specific electronic catalogues, and continuously improve the service for clients.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

Interview Date TBC

• The primary aspect of the role is to represent the purchasing function as a progressive, proactive, responsive and innovative Procurement partner in order to generate, manage and deliver innovative procurement projects and solutions
• Work closely with client stakeholders to influence choice; prioritise change and to deliver savings, process improvements and product standardisation to drive costs down and to drive quality, efficiency and service excellence up.
• To drive and deliver in conjunction with client stakeholders and teams, the Procurement approach to ongoing cost improvement programs on a forward plan basis which is robustly and transparently tracked and transacted.

Working for our organisation

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just under 1000 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• • Full professional membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supplies (by qualification), (or equivalent demonstrable experience)

• Change Management qualification
• Project management qualification

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in non-clinical procurement (such as Estates, IT and Facilities)
• Proven experience at senior level in procurement and materials management involving recent direct managerial responsibility for staff.
• Proven ability in the provision of a cost effective customer focused service, targeted at achieving cost reduction
• Working knowledge of procurement elements of current P2P systems
• NHS Purchasing experience
• Demonstrable experience in public sector procurement

• Experience of utilising integrated P2P system

Skills and Knowledge

• Highly developed communication skills to operate at all staff and management levels, internally and externally
• Robust negotiating and contracting skills
• Sound knowledge of legal and statutory requirements in relation to procurement
• Developed approach to engaging and influencing clinical leaders
• Effective planning and organisational skills
• Highly developed analytical skills

• Experience of procurement services in a subsidiary company environment to a parent organisation

Personal Attributes

• Effective motivational skills within a changing environment
• Self-motivated
• Ability to motivate others
• Ability to work to agreed objectives and achieve these within pre-determined deadlines

Demonstrates Trust Values

• Responsive – Reliable
• Resourceful
• Respectful
• Compassion, Achievement, Relationships, Environment

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

VISA's and Immigration system

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered at this point in time.

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COVID19 Vaccination

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services (‘DSFS’) is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

Communications

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account, spam folders and NHS Jobs (where applicable) account regularly.

References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore, to speed up the recruitment process please provide an up to date email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the DSFS Human Resources team on 01246 513737 / [email protected] and we will be happy to provide assistance.

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