Procurement Business Partner

Job overview

University Hospitals Sussex employs nearly 20,000 people and has an operating budget of more than £1.2 billion.  The Trust operates services from seven hospitals as well as numerous community and satellite services.  The Trust is responsible for all district general acute services for Brighton and Hove, West and Mid Sussex and parts of East Sussex.

Our hospitals in Worthing, Shoreham-by-Sea and Chichester were the first acute hospitals to receive the CQC health watchdog’s highest rating in all key inspection areas. (October 2019).  Our acute hospitals in Haywards Heath and Brighton are rated as ‘Outstanding for Caring’ by the CQC.  Fundamental to this is the way that we value and respect our staff, at every level, we value the diversity of our colleagues and actively champion an inclusive culture.  We believe that everyone without exception should feel free to be their authentic self in the workplace.

University Hospital Sussex is a leading acute hospital trust, with rewarding career opportunities for caring, committed and innovative people, who wish to be valued for their work and empowered to improve the services we provide.  Reporting to the Senior Capital Development Manager; based at our Worthing office location, this post offers the right individual the chance to lead and coordinate a diverse programme of delegated projects aimed at supporting the Trust to deliver excellent clinical services and patient care.

Main duties of the job

Communication

• Engage and influence key stakeholders, including Trust Directors and senior leaders.
• Use effective communication, negotiation and influencing skills to build stakeholder relationships and deliver objectives.
• Build and maintain the reputation of the procurement service.
• Champion procurement and promote its benefits.

Service Delivery and Improvement

• Analyse procurement data to identify efficiency opportunities.Support Divisions with routine contract management.
• Authorise purchase orders and contracts according to Trust Standing Financial Instructions.

Learning and Development

• Attend mandatory training updates as required.
• Undertake training as necessary for the role and personal development.
• Identify own learning needs and plan training requirements with your line manager.
• Participate in the Trust’s appraisal process to align your role with patient care.
• This job description outlines the role and responsibilities. We may ask you to flexibly undertake other duties that are consistent with your role and banding, such as project work, job rotation and absence cover.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification

We are seeking a procurement professional, who is willing to progress and develop both personally and the role role Procurement Business Partner.

Our aim is to empower staff to lead change, raise issues, concerns, identify and implement areas for improvement within the workplace and find solutions collectively.