Senior Procurement Manager Clinical

Job overview

The Trust is looking to appoint an enthusiastic procurement professional to join the Clinical Procurement team. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing an effective and efficient procurement service across a range of stakeholders.

The department is looking for a dynamic and experienced procurement professional to enhance relationships with stakeholders, to drive productive collaboration and effective forward planning to manage non-pay activity.  Reporting to the Strategic Procurement Manager, the Senior Procurement Manager will provide procurement expertise to stakeholders within the Trust: advising on successful contracting within the context of public procurement regulations and the Trust’s internal regulations and policies.

The post-holder will be an integral part of the team working with managers/clinicians to develop procurement strategies for agreed categories of spend and to identify opportunities for the achievement of directorate savings.

Main duties of the job

To take responsibility for leading high-value and complex tenders and contracts for goods and services, achieving the most economically advantageous outcomes for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Sheffield Children’s Hospital Trusts (the Trusts).

To develop strategies to meet the procurement needs of specialist product/service categories and the Trusts as a whole.

To operate effective information systems to ensure accessibility of data that adds value to decision making.

To achieve savings targets in line with the Trusts formal Savings Plan.

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.