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Job Overview
Are you a motivated and committed Senior Manager who wishes to work for an evolving organisation with a growing Procurement and Logistics agenda? If this appeals to you then an exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Procurement Services senior team. The Head of Supply Chain, Logistics & Transport will assist the Director in providing professional leadership and support to the Procurement Services team within NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership. They will play a fundamental role in contributing to the development of strategic direction, long term planning and service delivery.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
To lead on each area / departments business plans to ensure that they reflect NWSSP's annual delivery plan and strategies as set out within the IMTP.
Work in synchronicity with the existing Head of Supply Chan, Logistics and Transport to jointly lead the expansion of the National Distribution Centre and the roll-out of all associated services through NHS Wales.
Leading the management of all stock expenditure to optimise value for money opportunities and ensure that all transactional activity is fully aligned with the required governance and assurance requirements.
Management of all central stores stock expenditure (roughly £30 million per annum), Receipt & Distribution functions based at Hospital sites, and Health Courier Services functions at various location throughout Wales. This will require the highest level of communication and relationship skills in order to prioritise stock management, identify saving themes and implement service improvements for improved cross functional delivery. This may involve conveying highly contentious information in an atmosphere of proposed major change.
Deliver and monitor the stock management savings / improvement plan within Health Boards / Trusts to reduce its non-pay spend.
Working for our organisation
At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating.
Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people.
Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers.
Offering a comprehensive benefits package, there is something for everyone. To find out more about working for us, the benefits we offer and guidance on the application process please visit
NWSSP work in an agile way where possible, all posts will have a contractual base but as part of agile ways of working that may mean working from home and other locations. We also look at how we balance flexibility with community, and how to manage opportunities to learn from each other.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications And Knowledge
Essential criteria
CMILT status (Chartered Member of Institute of Logistics & Transport) or MCIPS (Chartered Institute Purchasing and Supply)
Post-graduate degree (MA/MSc/MBA)
Evidence of continuing professional development, education, and training at senior management level
In depth professional knowledge in Strategic Procurement, Supply Chain management, Logistics & Transport management, financial management, performance and staff management acquired through experience over an extended period of time.
Expert knowledge of strategy and relevant legislation
Proven ability to influence strategic thinking of senior health board management.
Knowledge of e-business systems
Knowledge of best practice, benchmarking and performance measurement techniques.
Desirable criteria
Project Management qualifications such as PRINCE2 or other methodology
Progression towards ECDL
Experience
Essential criteria
Significant experience at a senior level in dealing with complex pieces of work or projects.
Experience of managing contractors, professional and administrative staff and resources to achieve corporate objectives.
Experience of developing and implementing supply chain, logistics & transport, purchasing and services management solutions, and managing high value purchases that requires analysis, comparison and assessment.
Capable of dealing on a face to face basis with senior Executive level decision makers in the service provider market place.
Experience of project planning and ability to meet deadlines
Conversant with legal, compliance and probity issues
Proven experience of providing dynamic and effective leadership, a natural people manager able to motivate and inspire teams and individuals
Desirable criteria
Political awareness, displaying a clear understanding of the implications of both national and local agendas and how they can be managed
Experience of risk management, corporate governance and quality management systems
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
Creative and dynamic, strong on lateral thinking, bringing fresh ideas and proposing new but risk evaluated solutions.
Excellent communication skills, written and oral, articulate and robust in presenting ideas.
Strong influencing and negotiating skills, a good builder of productive relationships.
IT Proficiency particularly in the use of word processing, spreadsheets and databases
Ability to challenge the status quo in order improve
Self aware, appropriately confident, strong under pressure, resilient.
Good organiser of time and activities, able to identify key issues and priorities.
Determined and tenacious, committed to seeing delivery through to completion.
Enthusiastic, passionate and committed to making a positive difference to the organisation. Ability to function both as a team player and self motivator.
Ability to develop relationships and establish consensus with a variety of key players both within and external to NHS Wales
Desirable criteria
Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Project Planning and Management techniques
Capable of and experience of working outside normal professional and own comfort boundaries
Evidence of continuous personal development
Other
Essential criteria
Ability to access transport (public and/or private) to travel off site for meetings (as appropriate), throughout Wales and other parts of the UK
Deliver excellent customer service to our internal and external customers, helping us to maintain the customer service excellence standard
Interest in Healthcare.
Interest in current affairs particularly e-business/e-commerce
Demonstrates political awareness and support final strategic decisions
We are committed to flexible working and equal opportunities.
If you are short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the email address with which you registered. Please ensure that you check your email account regularly.
Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.
When applying for this post it is essential that you read the Job Description and Person Specification (where available) and demonstrate how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the person specification. Only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
JD&PS (PDF, 496.3KB)
JD&PS Welsh (PDF, 640.3KB)
OH Form (PDF, 656.5KB)
NWSSP Recruitment Services Privacy Notice (PDF, 696.3KB)
NWSSP - About Us (PDF, 6.6MB)
NWSSP - Our Benefits 2023 (PDF, 487.5KB)
NWSSP - Buddion (PDF, 491.0KB)
PCGC -Amdanom (PDF, 6.7MB)
Guidance Notes for Applicants (PDF, 322.5KB)
Intergrated Medium Term Plan PDF, 15.1MB)
Intergrated Medium Term Plan Cymraeg (PDF, 18.0MB)
Further details / informal visits contact
Name Jonathan Irvine Job title Director of Procurement Services Email address