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Deputy Head of Procurement
The closing date is 31 August 2025
The Deputy Head of Procurement is a key role within our organisation. Leading the DSFS Way supports the Trust's objectives and ambitions - and sets out the behaviours and characteristics that leaders are expected to adopt and that all staff can role model, to make the Trust an even better place to work; and to support the best possible care for patients. It provides a framework for leadership and supports individual progression through appraisal, career progression and personal development. As a Deputy Head of Procurement you will use Leading the DSFS Way and its principles to procurement support and Advice
Contributes to the delivery of outstanding patient care by:
Ensuring the procurement of the right goods at the right price delivered to the right place at the right time and at the right quality. This will be achieved by working together with clients and service users to understand their procurement needs and facilitating the process. This post will support senior staff to analyse and evaluate procurement data; tender and award contracts; improve supplier performance, implement specific electronic catalogues, and continuously improve the service for clients.
Main duties of the job
Key elements of the job will involve
o Ensure a courteous and quality service is delivered for all clients
o Work with sensitivity and an understanding of the issues facing front line staff
o Support head of Procurement
o Provide specialist day to day procurement knowledge and advice to clients on major procurement projects
o Contribute to CIP Target
o Influence and support standardisation process
o Advise stakes holders on the best source of supply on all goods and services
o Promptly and proactively help teams resolve queries and resolve complaints
o Provide procurement guidance to client and service users ad hoc
o Ensure training is regularly reviewed and updated throughout team
Ensure all current legislation adhered to and updated
About us
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that's 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the 'Chesterfield Royal family', DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that's dynamic, flexible, and proactive.
DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone's abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered
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Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy. This document contains a detailed description of the role, the key results areas and team structure, along with the experience, skills and behaviours required.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
* oProfessional membership of the Institute of Chartered Purchasing and Supplies
* oCIPS Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply Level 6
Experience
* oProven ability in the provision of a cost effective customer focused service, targeted at achieving cost reduction
* oSignificant experience of procurement processes and undertaking OJEU activity within a public sector environment within the past year
* oWorked with E-tendering and E-Procurement systems
* oNHS Experience
Skills and Knowledge
* oGood negotiating and contracting skills.
* oThorough knowledge of legal and statutory requirements in relation to procurement matters
* oPractical Procurement knowledge
* oAnalytical thinking
* oAbility to prioritise workload and meet tight deadlines
* oAbility to manage own workload
* oGood planning and organisational skills
* oExperience of supervisory and managing teams
* oExperience of partnership working
* oTraining and Development of Staff
* oProven delivery of savings
Personal Attributes
* oInnovative in approach, able to challenge and improve the way things are done
* oCommitment to taking responsibility and facilitating the successful way things are done
* oEffective verbal and written communications at all levels, and to suppliers.
* oSmart Appearance
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
£53,518 to £62,298 a yearPRO RATA PER ANNUM
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
166-DSFS-7411877
Job locations
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