Senior Procurement Opportunities at Brighton and Sussex Universities Hospital (BSUH)

Senior Procurement Opportunities at Brighton and Sussex Universities Hospital (BSUH)

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals (BSUH) NHS Trust is a highly progressive, ambitious university teaching hospital and regional centre for a wide variety of specialist services. With an annual turnover of over £550m there is a clear determination to achieve the Trust’s strategic ambitions, including a £420m redevelopment and transformation of the Trust’s estate – the Teaching, Trauma and Tertiary (3T) Care infrastructure. 

The Board is keen to ensure that maximum value is extracted from all commercial activities, while maintaining an absolute commitment to patient safety and quality. BSUH have embarked therefore on a radical transformation of their procurement department. The prime objective of this is to make the Trust more commercial in all its dealings with suppliers, providers and partners, such that there is greatly improved value for money delivered throughout the Trust’s supply chain. This will always be developed though with a clear emphasis and recognition on patient care and positive patient experience. This approach will look to merge best practice procurement and supply chain management from both inside and outside of the NHS, such that a truly ‘industry-leading’ service can be delivered.  

An exciting opportunity has arisen for three experienced Senior Procurement individuals to join the team to each lead and develop in the following roles:

• Senior Category Manager -  IT & Corporate (Band 8a £44,606 - £50,819)
• Senior Category Manager – Facilities  (Band 8a £44,606 - £50,819)
• Senior Category Manager – Medical & Surgical (Band 8a £44,606 - £50,819)

These roles offer the right candidates an opportunity to join a team of procurement professionals that are focused on ensuring our services support managers in delivering excellent patient outcomes, whilst meeting the challenging financial targets that the NHS are facing.
 

You will be responsible for leading the development and delivery of Specific Categories whilst working with the wider operational teams to create the most advantageous commercial arrangements for the Trust. You will be exposed to strategic procurement projects which will require expertise in the Category and strategic commercial acumen.

Strong stakeholder engagement and management skills are essential as is a ’can do’ attitude, with a talent for ‘making it happen’. You should be pro-active, flexible and resilient. A strong delivery focus is required, with excellent interpersonal, data-analysis, planning and organisational skills
You will be expected to work autonomously and effectively in a fast-paced environment, whilst maintaining the support of key stakeholders.

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Senior IT & Corporate Category Manager

The role will include:

• Developing and delivering long term Category strategies and a programme of a wide range of procurement projects across IT and Corporate procurement Categories with an excellent track record of previous achievements and savings in the specific Category.
• Delivery of the full end to end procurement life cycle and managing key business stakeholders & complex procurement projects
• Putting best practice procurement processes in place by using your Category and procurement expertise
• A robust experience in delivery projects project management methodology and you will need experience of running EU compliant tender processes
• Establishing supply chains 

Senior Facilities Category Manager

The role will include:

• Responsibility for sourcing and purchasing a range of goods and services within the Estates Category for the trust. 
• Delivery of the full end to end procurement life cycle and developing relationships and managing key business stakeholders & procurement projects
• Analysis of data to use and make succinct and compelling actionable recommendations that will be used to maximise savings / Cost Improvement Plan (CIP) target.
• To provide support in effectively managing the procurement agenda across all directorates and corporate support functions.
• To engage with and influence key stakeholders at all levels across directorates and corporate functions and facilitate participation of stakeholders in identified procurement activity.
• Developing and delivering a programme of a wide range of procurement projects across Soft and Hard FM
• A solid procurement professional with experience and excellent track record of previous achievements and savings 

Senior Category Manager – Medical & Surgical 

The role will include:

• Create and ensure that processes are in place to support effective clinical collaborative product and service purchases and trials.
• Ensure that strategies in all commercial spend categories with clinical focus maximise the uptake of national and NHS supply chain frameworks and contracts.
• Work with key suppliers of clinical products and services to enable both cost reduction and service/quality improvements; 
• Keep up to date with the principles of clinical governance in relation to Procurement and risk management, advising and guiding the Department where necessary with any changes/developments.
• Project manage clinical product trials across the Trust, i.e. organisation of trials, management of performance, evaluation of products, presentation of results and agreement of next steps. 

To Apply - please click on the links below

Senior IT Category Manager

http://jobs.bsuh.nhs.uk/job/v1722936

Senior Category Manager – Medical & Surgical

http://jobs.bsuh.nhs.uk/job/v1722695

Senior Category Manager – Facilities

http://jobs.bsuh.nhs.uk/job/v1722232