Contract Manager

Job overview

Are you a procurement professional ready to make your skills count where it matters - improving patient care?

We’re looking for a Contract Manager to join our friendly and experienced Procurement Team at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. You’ll use your commercial expertise and public sector knowledge to directly contribute to the quality, efficiency and impact of NHS services across the region.

We’re looking for a team player who can:

Take the lead in managing the effective use of NHS Supply Chain arrangements and Temporary Staffing Agency frameworks/contracts

Support the standardisation of medical equipment and consumables

Support the management of high value contracts

Negotiate effectively with suppliers and stakeholders

Drive cost-saving initiatives and value for money

Support service improvements that benefit patient care

You’ll support the Head of Procurement to meet financial targets, maintain governance standards and promote procurement excellence at all levels of the organisation.

Join an experienced, supportive team who offer excellent work-life balance and hybrid working, enjoying 27 days annual leave + bank holidays and a generous NHS pension scheme. The base for this full time role is London House in Bracknell, however, much of your work can be remote.

Our Trust is rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC, who highlight our positive culture, staff morale and innovation. We’re committed to employee well-being and career development.

Main duties of the job

The Contract Manager will help implement and manage contracts to ensure that they run effectively and have a positive impact on patient care. Special focus will be given to managing:

• Temporary staffing agencies used by the Trust in conjunction with the Temporary Staffing Team, ensuring SLAs are established and proper behaviours followed.
• NHS Supply Chain, particularly working with Clinicians and others to rationalise the products used.

The role will include data analysis

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for this role:

• Contract management experience
• Ability to analyse complex and sensitive information drawn from multiple systems
• Negotiation and influencing skills, including the ability to network and create relationships
• Ability to manage a high workload and multiple complex projects

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses given in your supporting statement genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.

In addition to explaining how you meet the person specification, you must complete your employment history for at least the last five years. Any experience, skills or responsibilities referenced in your supporting statement should be evidenced within your employment history. Applications that do not include sufficient employment history to support the experience claimed may not be shortlisted.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.