Job summary
Employer heading
Assistant Procurement Analyst
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An excellent opportunity has become available in the procurement department for a hardworking and dedicated assistant procurement analyst at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH). The trust requirement to analyse and assimilate data has grown in recent years and the need for additional support has become more evident. We have an ambitious programme of improvement which will focus the need for new systems to increase internal productive efficiencies. This will in turn deliver significant improvements to front line services in all areas of the trust.
Main duties of the job
- To support the analysis of expenditure data and identify areas of opportunity which may result in cash releasing savings.
- To develop and maintain catalogues to support commercial performance and regulatory compliance.
- To provide supplementary support to the Procurement Analyst (PA) in analysing Procurement activity.
Working for our organisation
The Procurement department provides procurement and supply chain services to STH and SCH. The department’s procurement teams take responsibility for developing strategies to meet the procurement needs of individual directorates and the Trust as a whole, and for delivering measurable savings from revenue expenditure in line with the Trust’s formal Savings Plan. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an assistant analyst to join the Procurement department; a role which will be pivotal in delivering substantial savings to the Trust
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE Maths & English grade C or above (or equivalent), or equivalent experience.
- NVQ 3, A-Levels or equivalent standard, or equivalent experience.
Desirable criteria
- Degree in any subject (or equivalent).
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of using Microsoft Applications, specifically Excel.
- Experience of interpreting analytical data.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in Purchasing / Sales / Purchase Ledger
- Basic financial awareness – Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss, Liquidity Ratios
- Experience of working in Procurement setting
- Experience of eProcurement landscape
- An understanding of the purchase to pay lifecycle
- Experience of managing SharePoint portal
- Experience of maintaining a database (Access or others)
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Competent and confident in the use of IT packages, in particular Microsoft Windows – including Word, Excel and Outlook
- Ability to work with figures and demonstrate numeracy
Desirable criteria
- Experience of training staff.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Well-developed communication skills, verbal and written
- Numerical, analytically minded
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Graham Bell
- Job title
- Efficiency & E-Procurement Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07977567152
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