Head of Corporate Procurement

Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STH) is one of the UK’s biggest providers of integrated hospital and community-based healthcare.

We have a budget in excess of £1.2billion and deliver over 2 million patient contacts every year thanks to the support of our 18,500 staff.

Role of the department includes :

To provide expert, high-quality procurement and supply chain services across multiple Trusts.

To deliver measurable savings from revenue expenditure to support Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH) and Sheffield Childrens Hospitals (SCH) Productivity and Efficiency Programmes.

To develop internal supply chain processes for the benefit of other departments.

To support operational change and innovation where influenceable through Procurement related actions and projects.

Our procurement strategy aims to ensure we have a ‘collaboration first’ approach by working closely with the NHS organisations in South Yorkshire to achieve value for money, reduce duplication and make tangible improvements.

Main duties of the job

If you are looking for a procurement career that excites you, stretches you and gives you job satisfaction, we would love to hear from you.

You may not come from an NHS procurement background and we welcome applications from outside the sector, recognising the innovation and skills you might bring to our team.

We are looking for a Head of Corporate to be responsible for the leadership of the Corporate Procurement Category Team developing a wide range of category and contract management activities across a wide-ranging portfolio. The relationship management across the supply market, internal senior stakeholders and external partners will be key to driving success in this category and a key priority for our future Corporate Procurement Leader.

You will take an active role in delivering significant cost improvements in a creative, innovative and sustained manner to assist the Procurement Team in achieving the best possible financial outcomes for the Trust.

You will have a highly specialist knowledge in public procurement and provide the procurement team with expert technical advice on all aspects of procurement and business support/systems.

You will be an escalation for commercial negotiations and dispute resolution on major contracts in the portfolio to reach a successful outcome, and provide guidance and advice in high risk, high value projects acting as a champion for all corporate categories.

Working for our organisation

We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from further afield. Our sites include:

• Northern General Hospital
• Royal Hallamshire Hospital
• Charles Clifford Dental Hospital
• Weston Park Cancer Hospital
• Jessop Wing Maternity Hospital

With around 18,500 employees, we are one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of local communities and are proud of our new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authority and charitable bodies.

Our Vision is to be recognised as the best provider of health, clinical research and education in the UK and a strong contributor to the aspiration of Sheffield to be a vibrant and healthy city region.

STH & SCH Procurement and logistics team has around 120 staff with a wide range of roles and opportunities for advancement.

We work closely with the clinical and corporate services within STH and SCH and with a large network of staff across partner organisations in Sheffield, South Yorkshire and nationally.

As well as the chance to make a real difference to our patients and local community, working for us gives you access to an excellent range of staff benefits, discounts, and more.

For further information on our values, please visit https://brilliantplace.sth.nhs.uk/our-values-and-culture.html

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent level or equivalent experience
• MBA or MSC in Procurement / Supply Chain/Management or equivalent experience and academic ability for the demands of the post
• Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply Diploma (MCIPS) level 6

• Project/ Programme Management qualification eg Prince 2 or equivalent experience.

Skills and Knowledge

• Leadership skills, including change management and leadership, coaching and mentoring
• Commercial Skills including negotiation
• Knowledge of best practice procurement in a public sector environment.
• Strong communication skills and persuasiveness in presenting, negotiating and resolving complex issues
• Programme and project management skills
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills
• Ability to prioritise a wide range of competing priorities of own workload and that of the team
• Knowledge of Contract Law

Experience

• Highly developed specialised knowledge of public procurement and its application within public sector. This knowledge must be underpinned by theory and a wealth of experience
• Working knowledge of National Procurement Strategies and associated plans
• Proven experience at developing and managing within a complex procurement environment at a senior management level
• Comprehensive knowledge of public procurement and its application within the public sector.
• Proven experience of managing large, complex programmes that cut across a variety of stakeholders.
• Proven experience of developing commercial relationships that provide benefit (include financial) to the organisation.
• Experience and Knowledge in: Change management Relationship management Project Management
• Experience of development and management of staff

• Experience of working in an acute teaching hospital environment and or community services environment
• Experience of Procure to Pay Systems

Personal Qualities

• Excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrable leadership qualities

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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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