We are looking for an Procurement Manager on a temporary basis to be based at Welwyn Garden City and to travel to locations in Hertfordshire and West Essex areas.

Duties Include

• Close engagement with the Senior Procurement Strategic Leads, Procurement Strategic Leads, Associate Director of Non-Clinical
• Clinical, Non-Clinical and Operations Senior Management

The Procurement Manager will directly report into the relevant Senior Procurement Strategic Lead / Procurement Strategic Lead.

Key Role Specification

This is an important procurement role which requires robust stakeholder engagement skills, knowledge and expertise. The Procurement Manager will act as a driver of change to support the Associate Director in achieving the future vision of the new function.

The post holder will have detailed knowledge of Public Sector procurement, supply chain management, contracting, SRM, tactical buying operations and complex procurement projects. The role also requires an individual with a proven track record of commercial acumen and an ability to successfully represent the Procurement function within each individual member Trust. Prior and effective stakeholder engagement experience will be critical either in a medium sized organisation.

The successful candidate will:

• Support the lead ensuring end customer satisfaction and representation
• Align with standardisation and collaboration of procurement across member Trusts and the wider supply chain
• Lead, inspire and drive a culture of continual improvement, ensuring that business processes are effective and efficient and enable the highest possible levels of service quality to be provided
• Be responsible for the delivery of Cost Improvement Programmes (CIPs), ensuring savings plans and targets are achieved
• Encourage and promote utilisation of technology and procurement systems to achieve efficiencies and automation

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