Overview
Our ambition is high, and this role is integral in supporting NHSBTs major transformation of the Commercial Function. Reporting to the Commercial Director you will provide strong thought leadership and strategic thinking, collaborate effectively, embrace volatility and work successfully within a broad and complex organisational structure. You will have the opportunity to transform our Commercial Function for the benefit of donors, patients, and hospitals. Also, the opportunity to use your outstanding leadership skills to coach, develop and lead the NHSBT team and our suppliers by shaping and delivering transformational change.
NHSBT plays a critical role by ensuring hospitals have the blood products, plasma, tissues, organs, and stem cells to deliver treatments and operations to patients. We take a proactive role in driving improvement and innovation, from emerging new technologies and evolving clinical practice, while reacting to changing demographics and trends.
Responsibilities
* Manage a variety of complex workstreams, often needing to shift between multiple areas.
* Engage with a range of stakeholders and have the ability to manage and build relationships.
* Responsible for creating, maintaining, and developing the pipeline of activity across NHSBT, including ensuring that the ATAMIS system is updated at all times to capture business needs and resultant activities with appropriate resourcing.
* Maintain responsibility for the delivery of the most highly complex and cross-functionally supported sourcing and procurement activity in NHSBT.
* Lead on relationships and key strategic alliances with senior internal and external stakeholders to shape commercial strategies and ensure delivery of commercial activity across UKHSA.
* Drive innovation with a strong focus on value for money and flexibility.
* Take responsibility for the vision, strategy, and framework for a number of categories on behalf of the Commercial function.
* Provide strong thought leadership and strategic thinking, collaborate effectively, embrace volatility, and work successfully within a broad and complex organisational structure.
* Manage complexity, apply judgment and make decisions whilst collaborating effectively with levels within the Commercial Function and across NHSBT.
* Be an effective leader with strong interpersonal and negotiating ability, and lead teams, acting as an advocate for change and continuous improvement.
About NHS Blood and Transplant
It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you’ll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary— donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.
Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.
You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the
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