About this role
Job summary
Here is an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Director of Procurement and Contracting. This is a senior position that will require finely tuned business skills to deal with the many challenges faced by this new role in support of MSE group and external customers.
The principal role of the Director will be to provide leadership, commercial insight, and stakeholder interface in order to grow the new procurement service. It is envisaged that revised organisation will not only provide services to MSE Group but will be position MSE at the heart of the region, providing procurement services to others and support the drive for regional cross working.
As a consequence, it is essential that the Servi ce is cost effective and remains closely aligned to the business priorities and requirements of not only MSE but also potential Partner organisations. Not only will the service need to deliver traditional support in areas such as cost improvement, but it will also seek to drive new opportunities from leveraging commercial insight strategic partnerships. These will help to deliver long term benefits to the system.
The Director will ensure that the expenditure are each Partner complies with all statutory and mandatory regulations governing procurement rules within the NHS, including the Trust's own Standing Financial Instructions along with mandatory procurement legislation.
Main duties of the job
You are expected to influence all third party spend within the Trust to ensure value for money. This will also include providing procurement expertise to support areas traditionally out of scope such as Pharmacy drug expenditure. An important and significant aspect of this role is to build and maintain enduring, effective and business-like working relations with suppliers, consultants, clinicians and senior managers across the group so that customer service levels are set and maintained along with contributing to challenging year on year cost improvement programmes. The Director will be responsible for providing a proactive procurement service to the Care Group or Corporate Division(s), leading a management team of senior procurement experts to deliver both strategic advice and operational support. Be recognised a professional procurement lead for the Trust on high profile, high risk procurements. To lead on negotiations of complex, high value contracts for the procurement of capital and consumable items. Drive the development, management and delivery of the Trust's procurement cost improvement program, operational metrics and corporate reporting. Responsible for the implementation and development Category and Contract Management in the new procurement service. Ensure that the Department operates within set budget
About us
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Job description Job responsibilities
Are you looking for an exciting role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Educated to Master degree level in Procurement related profession, including logistics/supply chain or equivalent experience. Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS)
Desirable
Current driving licence Member of the institute of logistics
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Considerable procurement and logistics experience in working within a relevant procurement environment (not immediately necessary within NHS). Experience of business development and tender processes Experience and successful track record of managing change and in managing significant and complex multi-million pound projects where there is a substantial investment in new medical equipment and IT systems. Experience of developing complex contractual agreements Experience in producing and understanding business plans, reports, contracts and service level agreements Experience of establishing and negotiating strategic contracts with consultants and suppliers, and the management of complex commercial relationships. Expert knowledge of procurement law and being capable of applying legal requirements. Minimum of 10 years direct experience within procurement of which 3 years of the last 5 years must be within the NHS acute sector at senior management level. Significant previous experience of managing a procurement function within a complex organisation Proven experience in the areas of: Project management; negotiation; contract management; cost and price management; and procurement legislation Experience of logistics, inventory control and supply chain management
Communication skills Essential
Ability to clearly communicate finance and non finance issues Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to enable effective partnering working at director level. Ability to produce business critical written documentation such as Business Cases/Category Strategies. Ability to engage with stakeholders to shape requirements in line with existing procurement regulations Ability to present complex information to wide audiences with authority and credibility
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address Southend
Comet Way
Southend-on-Sea
SS2 6GD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)