Senior Buyer (Grade C)
Job Description
Job summary
The procurement and sustainability team at AGH have a new and exciting opportunity within their team maintaining and renewing catalogue contracts.
The Procurement team pride themselves on providing excellent customer service to their customers and we aspire to be the best we can be, assisting clinical areas in providing the best clinical care to patients and users within the hospital and community.
We are looking for an individual who is enthusiastic, confident and has good analytical skills, negotiation and communication skills and be computer literate on basic software systems such as Microsoft Office.
This position is not currently eligible for a certificate of sponsorship in line with Home Office guidance as it does not appear on the skilled worker visa occupation list.
If you currently hold a different type of visa allowing you to work in the UK we would welcome an application from you. If your visa expires or there is a change in status during your employment, the Trust will be required to review your employment which may result in the termination of your employment to comply with the relevant immigration legislation
Main duties of the job
Providing a high quality professional Procurement service to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust and other partners ensuring compliance with legislation, national and local policies.
Promoting across both Trust Board, supports the Purchasing Manager with all strategic procurement issues with a view to maximising the savings potential across the patch with more efficient and effective purchasing arrangements with a contribution to both Trust's non-pay expenditure.
Supports the Purchasing Manager with the development of the purchasing team, specifically by:
- Increasing purchasing coverage to all key areas of non-pay spend
- Working with Managers/Budget Holders in the identification of savings opportunities monitoring and reporting progress as required.
- Promoting the strategic direction of the purchasing team by attendance and participation in service-wide key working groups.
- Support the implementation of the new Contracts Register and Tendering Portal 'Atamis'
Supports the Purchasing Manager by focussing effort towards reducing clinical risk by developing future product standardisation and adopting formal category management approach with purchasing expertise over specialist commodity knowledge.
About us
AGH Solutions was born out of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, a hospital and community services trust based outside Keighley, West Yorkshire.We are privileged to operate in a beautiful part of the country. The clinical services we support reach far up into the Yorkshire Dales, across the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven patch. We are also lucky to have excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and beyond. Leeds city centre is 25 minutes by train from Keighley.We provide a wide range of services, from traditional facilities management and estate maintenance, to sterile services, wheelchair engineering and procurement.Our vision is to bring you a flexible, responsive, high quality, value for money service.Our NHS heritage means we work to the values and ethics of the NHS, and to those of Airedale NHS FT specifically
Job responsibilities
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification
We offer a wide range of benefits, which include
- Flexible and hybrid working options
- Competitive salary
- On site parking and great public transport links
- Discounted food and drinks within applicable on site catering facilities
- Excellent range of benefits, including car lease scheme and cycle to work scheme
- Pension scheme
- A range of wellbeing initiatives
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A good level of general education
- Professional qualifications to NVQ 3 Procurement or NVQ 3 Supply Chain Management or equivalent.
Desirable
- Degree level or equivalent standard of education
Experience
Essential
- Experience at a supervisor's level.
- Good experience in delivering cost reduction savings
- Good analytical skills and mathematical orientation
- Experience of working and developing tender specifications
- Experience in using a purchase to pay system, such as Oracle.
Desirable
- Substantial experience at a supervisor's level within an NHS Procurement environment
- Experience of recruitment/selection
- Ability to use/develop use of common software packages i.e. Microsoft Office
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills, good oral and written communication
- Ability to plan and develop own workloads to meet the strategic dimensions of the Department
Knowledge
Essential
- Good understanding/experience of negotiation practices
- Good understanding of PCR procurement and contract law
Special Attributes
Essential
- Excellent leadership qualities
- Able to Balance between strategic appreciation and operational expertise
- Able to identify options taking account of current strategic/operational needs Pragmatic and flexible but firm Can make and accept tough decisions
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.
Employer details
Employer name
AGH Solutions Ltd
Address
Airedale Hospital Trust
Skipton Road
Steeton
BD20 6TD
