Procurement Manager - Procurement & Logistics

The Role

The Procurement Manager will manage procurement & commercial activities in relation to the Boards medical/surgical consumables and equipment spend, including regulated tenders, implementation of national contracts, and ongoing contract management thereafter.

You will be responsible for supporting the Boards over-arching Procurement Strategy by planning, organising and implementing a segment of the strategic sourcing workplan. This will involve ongoing prioritisation of activity to ensure maximum value for money is being achieved within pre-defined resources.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring the integrity of the supply chain at all times.
• The development and implementation of procurement strategies for medical/surgical commodities and equipment to deliver best value and commercial improvements.
• Provision of professional advice and guidance to management and budget holders on all aspects of procurement relevant to the medical/surgical spend category.
• Representing NHS Lanarkshire on Commodity Advisory Panels and other national activities, ensuring subject matter experts within the Health Board engage with these panels either directly or indirectly.
• Liaison with National Procurement on contract, compliance and governance matters.
• Identification of potential areas for expansion of the scope of the service.
• Providing a key input into the Boards ongoing Sustainability & Value programme with respect to procurement, contract implementation, contract management and supplier management. A key strand of this will be commercial initiatives to rationalise, standardise and reduce unnecessary variation within the Boards medical/surgical spend category.

 Please see the attached Role Profile, Job Description and Person Specification for further information about the role.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

• Demonstrate strong technical skills to ensure that theoretical models of high quality procurement are turned into practice 
• Be educated to degree level with post-graduate qualifications preferably from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) to Advanced Diploma Level (Level 5) and ideally be working towards or will have gained Professional Diploma (Level 6) MCIPS
• Demonstrate a high level of competence in the critical leadership behaviours identified as crucial to achieving success within NHS Scotland
• Have experience in Procurement and Product Management, a good working knowledge of modern Procurement Systems and an aptitude for achieving objectives within an area of intensity and competing demands
• Have knowledge of how to apply the requirements of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations and Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act is highly desirable
• Knowledge of procurement and commercial matters concerning healthcare (medical/surgical) products and equipment 
• As well as being used to influencing other professionals towards considering new ways of working, the post holder will have demonstrated an ability of being proactive in presenting ideas for change by reasoned argument and persuasion. 
• Excellent communication, inter-personal and negotiation skills
• Car driver a full, valid UK/EU/EEA licence

It would be great if you also have

• Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Level 5 (Advanced Diploma) or higher level qualification
• Knowledge and experience of how to apply the requirements of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations and Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act is highly desirable
• Experience delivering cost savings and other non-financial benefits through procurement activities
• Experience of analysing large data sets to derive financial savings opportunities
• Experience of engaging stakeholders to deliver change as part of commercial/procurement projects
• Experience of procuring contracts in accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (or similar EU derived public procurement legislation
• Experience in procuring healthcare-related products is highly desirable
• Experience using framework agreements within an environment subject to public procurement law
• Knowledge of procurement and commercial principles and practice
• Knowledge of contract law principles, EU-derived public procurement law and change management principles
• Knowledge of procurement methodologies within a specialist category area e.g. medical consumables/equipment
• Be able to operate independently and be adaptable in conditions of change responding flexibly to emerging situations positively and effectively and team-working skills are necessary
• Strong communication skills are required in terms of the ability to effectively engage with both internal and external stakeholders
• Proven ability to be able to engage effectively with stakeholders and senior members of staff internally and externally.
• Proven ability to be able to effectively engage with suppliers regarding commercial matters

Contract type

Permanent 

 Full time 

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Procurement & Logistics within Kirklands - NHSL Headquarters

The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday

Looking to find out more?

If youre looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Euan Erskine,  General Manager - Procurement & Logistics on euan.erskine@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk 

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator on lynn.deas@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshires benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service

• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays

• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)

• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service

• Occupational health services

• Employee counselling services

• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If youre looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.