About The Organisation
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
The Role
The Procurement Manager will manage procurement & commercial activities in relation to assigned categories of the Board’s spend, including regulated tenders, implementation of national contracts, and ongoing contract management thereafter.
Responsibilities
* Supporting the Board’s over-arching procurement strategy by planning, managing and implementing contracts within a portfolio including Digital, IT and corporate services. This will involve ongoing prioritisation of activity to ensure maximum value for money is being achieved within pre-defined resources.
Key responsibilities
* Ensuring the integrity of the supply chain at all times.
* The development and implementation of Procurement Strategies for the assigned spend category and NHS Lanarkshire’s key suppliers.
* Provision of professional advice and guidance to management and budget holders on all aspects of procurement of goods, services and public works contracts.
* Representing NHS Lanarkshire on National Procurement Commodity Advisory Panels and other national activities, ensuring subject matter experts within the Health Board engage with these panels either directly or indirectly.
* Liaison with NSS National Procurement on contract, compliance and governance matters.
* Identification of potential areas for expansion of the scope of the service.
* Providing a key input into the Board’s ongoing improvement plans, including in relation to the Procurement & Commercial Improvement Plan (PCIP) and Sustainability and Value programmes.
Location and Working Pattern
The office location for the role will be at NHSL Headquarters, Kirklands Hospital, Bothwell, G71 8BB.
The working pattern for this role is: Mon-Fri (office hours) - Remote, hybrid working is available based on 2 office days per week.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
What You'll Bring
The post requires an individual with strong technical skills to ensure that theoretical models of high quality procurement are turned into practice. This requires an individual who is educated to degree level and in addition has post-graduate qualifications preferably from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) to Advanced Diploma Level (Level 5) and ideally be working towards or will have gained Professional Diploma (Level 6) – MCIPS.
The post also requires an individual who demonstrates a high level of competence in the critical leadership behaviours identified as crucial to achieving success within NHS Scotland.
Working in partnership
Learning and development
Caring for staff
Improving performance through team working
Communicating effectively
Improving quality
Achieving results
A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
What we Offer
As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
* Annual Leave – 35 days including public holidays
* Generous NHS pension scheme
* Annual incremental salary progression
* Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
* NHS discounts and more.
NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
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