Job summary
- Main area
- Procurement
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 205-7131853
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Town
- Wolverhampton
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Support Buyer
Band 4
Job overview
The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust North Midlands and Black Country Procurement Group is responsible for the Strategic and Operational Procurement for UHNM (Royal Stoke University Hospital, County Hospital, Royal Wolverhampton Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) and 36 partner NHS organisations within the Staffordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Lancashire Health Economies.
Main duties of the job
The North Midlands and Black Country Procurement Group is responsible for the management and control of expenditure in excess of £330 million across the local health economy. The Supplies and Procurement function consists of:
- Strategic Procurement
- Operational Procurement including warehousing and stock management services
- Capital Procurement
- Systems Services (e.g. Purchase to Pay Systems)
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfill our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Possess, studying or willing to study to CIPS (Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply) Level 4 (Foundation Diploma in Purchasing and Supply) or equivalent qualification.
Desirable criteria
- • ECDL or similar qualification or equivalent level of experience/knowledge to competently use Microsoft Office systems including Word, Excel and Outlook.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Previous working experience/knowledge of procurement, contracting or commercial activity commensurate with the ability to undertake the purchasing and contracting activities associated with the post. This will include an understanding of contract law, purchasing procedures, purchase to pay processes and the award and management of contracts.
- Ability to use computerised purchasing systems effectively.
- Sufficiently numerate in order to interpret, summarise and analyse procurement data including accurate comparison of product and pricing information.
- Ability to handle queries/complaints effectively
- Ability to assess customer requirements.
- Ability to understand, interpret and follow procedures.
- Ability to plan, co-ordinate and manage workload of self and others and to establish priorities.
- Good organisational skills.
- Ability to meet timescales
- Customer friendly approach
- Enthusiastic/Positive/Self-motivated
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to use and work on own initiative
- Can handle multiple projects simultaneously and can prioritise well.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of the process of tendering goods and services
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Flexible approach to work/adaptable
- Ability to provide high level of customer service and to promote a positive image.
- Ability to explain/introduce and present purchasing policies, products and processes to other Departments.
- Good telephone manner
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good standard of written and verbal English.
- Ability to interface with all levels of staff including Senior Managers.
- Ability to work as an effective team member
- Good Negotiator.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gloria Bird
- Job title
- Contracts Manager - Surgery & Network Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01902 695475
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