Contracts Manager

The post holder will be responsible primarily for supporting the Senior Contracts Managers in projects or service redesign.Take the lead for a delegated portfolio of contracts, managing their own projects as directed, working alongside and managing members of the Procurement team and key stakeholders.Manage the tender and negotiation exercise in line with public sector regulations and SFIs for each client.Provide procurement advice and guidance to the relevant key stakeholders regarding detailed contract management and cost reduction strategies.

Contribute to the implementation of the procurement strategy for SSL/the Trust to encompass all procurement activity in the organisation.Responsible for representing the Trust and its subsidiary companies with suppliers and other partners ensuring that contract requirements are clearly articulated.Responsible for instigating and leading project groups and co-ordination of procurement project activities between a few departments, divisions and Trusts as appropriate with stakeholders of all levels.

There will be multiple procurement projects to manage simultaneously. Liaising with procurement team members of other organisations, taking on cross Trust responsibilities and collaborating in the interest of all organisations.Responsible for critically analysing, reviewing and monitoring non-pay expenditure to generate recommendations to deliver efficiencies including cost savings.Leading Procurement projects/initiatives to drive change including the monitoring of efficiencies.Working with staff across both the Trust and subsidiary companies to ensure that projects fully meet clinical and operational needs whilst delivering tangible benefits in terms of efficiencies, clinical risk and cost.

Challenging existing working practices using persuasion and negotiation skills to achieve project outcomes.Responsible for the identification and capture of benefits for each project ensuring that those benefits are fully realised, and an implementation plan is developed.Responsible for identifying, developing and recommending the creation and implementation of internal and external procurement procedures and policies, ensuring compliance with individual SSL/Trust Standing Financial Instructions, Standing Orders and schemes of Reservation and Delegation of Power.Promoting the role and raise awareness of the Procurement and Materials Management Department, taking a pro-active approach in offering advice and guidance to user departments in all matters relating to procurement.Responsible for analysing complex and commercially sensitive information to formulate robust action plans to achieve the trusts procurement targets.

disseminate such information in an understandable form to budget holders and provide guidance to achieve procurement goals, standardisation and cost reductions.Responsible for developing and maintaining positive relationships with all key stakeholders including all Trust/SSL Directorates and Divisions, other Trusts and NHS organisations, suppliers and other relevant bodies.Carry out negotiations with external stakeholders to ensure that the client organisations receive best value and the necessary quality to provide high quality care to patients.Responsible for planning and organising procurement activities for their area of work and that of direct reports.

Ensures accuracy of data input. Uses software such as databases and spreadsheets to analyse data and produce reports to enable appropriate purchasing decisions to be made.The above acts as a guide, other duties in accordance with the post may be required following discussion with the post holder.