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Job overview

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STH) is one of the UK’s biggest providers of integrated hospital and community-based healthcare.

We have a budget in excess of £1.2billion and deliver over 2 million patient contacts every year thanks to the support of our 18,500 staff. 

Role of the department includes :

To provide expert, high-quality procurement and supply chain services across multiple Trusts.

To deliver measurable savings from revenue expenditure to support Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH) and Sheffield Childrens Hospitals (SCH) Productivity and Efficiency Programmes.

To develop internal supply chain processes for the benefit of other departments.

To support operational change and innovation where influenceable through Procurement related actions and projects.

Our procurement strategy aims to ensure we have a ‘collaboration first’ approach by working closely with the NHS organisations in South Yorkshire to achieve value for money, reduce duplication and make tangible improvements.

Main duties of the job

If you are looking for a procurement career that excites you, stretches you and gives you job satisfaction, we would love to hear from you.

You may not come from an NHS procurement background and we welcome applications from outside the sector, recognising the innovation and skills you might bring to our team. 

We are looking for a Head of Corporate to be responsible for the leadership of the Corporate Procurement Category Team developing a wide range of category and contract management activities across a wide-ranging portfolio. The relationship management across the supply market, internal senior stakeholders and external partners will be key to driving success in this category and a key priority for our future Corporate Procurement Leader.

You will take an active role in delivering significant cost improvements in a creative, innovative and sustained manner to assist the Procurement Team in achieving the best possible financial outcomes for the Trust.

You will have a highly specialist knowledge in public procurement and provide the procurement team with expert technical advice on all aspects of procurement and business support/systems.

You will be an escalation for commercial negotiations and dispute resolution on major contracts in the portfolio to reach a successful outcome, and provide guidance and advice in high risk, high value projects acting as a champion for all corporate categories.

Working for our organisation

We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in Sheffield, as well as specialist care for patients from further afield. Our sites include:

·         Northern General Hospital

·         Royal Hallamshire Hospital

·         Charles Clifford Dental Hospital

·         Weston Park Cancer Hospital

·         Jessop Wing Maternity Hospital

With around 18,500 employees, we are one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of local communities and are proud of our new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authority and charitable bodies.

Our Vision is to be recognised as the best provider of health, clinical research and education in the UK and a strong contributor to the aspiration of Sheffield to be a vibrant and healthy city region.

STH & SCH Procurement and logistics team has around 120 staff with a wide range of roles and opportunities for advancement.

We work closely with the clinical and corporate services within STH and SCH and with a large network of staff across partner organisations in Sheffield, South Yorkshire and nationally.

As well as the chance to make a real difference to our patients and local community, working for us gives you access to an excellent range of staff benefits, discounts, and more.

For further information on our values, please visit https://brilliantplace.sth.nhs.uk/our-values-and-culture.html