An exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual who has the drive, enthusiasm and ability to work in a strategically challenging and rewarding environment, whilst offering a unique opportunity for them to broaden their procurement career.

The principle responsibilities of the post are to take a proactive role in supporting the Head, Deputy Head of Procurement and Senior Procurement Managers (SPMs) in implementing the Trust's Procurement Strategy and Procurement Transformation Plan, to work with the SPM for the Clinical category to devise and implement a Clinical Procurement workplan as well as the compliant procurement of all clinical goods and services as required.

The ideal candidate should enjoy working as part of a team, be motivated, keen to learn, able to influence, conduct strategic negotiations, have excellent inter-personnel skills and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively at all levels.

The candidate must also be results orientated and able to identify further opportunities to support departments and increase contract coverage and compliance throughout the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The Procurement Manager for Clinical will support the Senior Procurement team in ensuring compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations and Standing Financial Instructions, securing Value for Money, and achieving financial savings through tendering, supply chain optimisation and supplier relationship management.

The Procurement Manager Clinical will support the Senior Procurement Manager on all day-to-day clinical procurement activities in the Trust. The post holder will ensure that all procurement regulations, rules, policies, and procedures are complied with and that all stakeholders are engaged in procurement processes.

The Procurement Manager will assist the Senior Procurement Manger with line management responsibility for the Clinical team and will be expected to support the Procurement Team at large (Maintenance Buyer, Capital Buyer, Supply Chain Manager, Buying team, the Receipt & Distribution Team, and the Materials Management Team etc) as needed

The individual will have excellent knowledge of the Public Contracts Regulations and have a good working knowledge of Contract Law and other applicable laws pertaining to the procurement of goods and services in the public sector in general and the NHS.

About us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.