Strategic Sourcing Manager - Procurement & Logistics

The Role

The Strategic Sourcing Manager will lead and develop teams within NHS Lanarkshires Procurement department to deliver contracts across a range of categories including medical, laboratories, surgical, estates and corporate services. The role will lead complex procurement programmes and negotiations with suppliers, whilst providing strategic procurement advice to internal stakeholders in a professional manner.

Deputising, within areas relevant to the role, for the General Manager Procurement & Logistics, the post holder will work with directors and senior managers in NHS Lanarkshire and with external organisations such as Scottish Government, National Procurement, PFI Consortia and Centres of Expertise, to deliver the highest standards in modern procurement practice.

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

• Educated to postgraduate level and have significant in-depth experience, preferably within healthcare or another large, complex organisation.
• Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Level 6 Professional Diploma with MCIPS designation, plus evidence of additional highly specialist knowledge, skills and experience acquired through attainment of CIPS Chartered Status, masters degree or procurement-focused MBA, and a combination of additional training, study and experience at an equivalent level.
• Highly developed specialist knowledge and experience to ensure that complex theoretical models and strategies underpin management of the procurement service.
• Demonstrate a high level of competence in the critical leadership behaviours identified as crucial to achieving success within NHS Scotland.
• Specialist knowledge and in-depth experience of procurement theory and strategy, excellent working knowledge and experience of modern procurement systems, and an aptitude for achieving objectives within an area of intensity and competing demands.
•  Have significant breadth of knowledge and experience of management, leadership, organisational culture and project management, and ideally other technical areas relevant to the role.
• Knowledge and experience of public procurement legislation, particularly the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, and a highly developed ability to analyse, interpret and make recommendations regarding same, is required.
• Detailed knowledge and experience of procurement across a range of categories is required.
• Demonstrated ability in presenting ideas for change by reasoned argument and persuasion. The post holder will require highly developed persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic and re-assurance skills to overcome barriers to acceptance and understanding, obtain agreement to courses of action, and to de-escalate conflict.
•  Proven ability to be able to effectively negotiate with suppliers regarding commercial matters.

It would be great if you also have

• Procurement related masters degree/MBA or a combination of additional training, study and experience at an equivalent level
• Experience managing and delivering high-value/risk procurement projects to deliver best value outcomes 
• Experience of procuring contracts in accordance with Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014
• Experience of managing and developing staff delivering procurement services in the healthcare sector is highly desirable
• Experience of engaging stakeholders to deliver change as part of commercial/procurement projects
• Experience of dispute resolution and supplier challenges in accordance with public procurement law
• Knowledge of procurement and commercial principles and practice, contract law principles, and change management principles
• Knowledge of NHS governance, structures and processes is highly desirable
• 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
• A car with a full, valid UK/EU/EEA licence

Contract type

Permanent 

Full time 

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

The office location for the role will be at NHSL Headquarters, Kirklands Hospital, Bothwell, G71 8BB. Remote, hybrid working is available based on a minimum 2 office days per week.

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.dea@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.

Additional Information for Applicants

• Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
• For help to complete an application on Jobtrain please follow this link: https://www.careers.nhs.scot/how-to-apply/application-process/
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• Once you have submitted your application form you will be unable to make any amendments

In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received.  Please complete and submit your application early.

*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential childrens setting/secure unit.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

From 1 April 2024, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland will be reduced.  Full-time hours will reduce from 37.5 to 37 hours (pro rata for part-time staff) without loss of earnings.

NHS Lanarkshire will implement this change but it may not be possible to fully transition from 1 April and there may therefore be some areas of the organisation where implementation may take longer.  If the department is currently unable to safely accommodate the reduced hours from 1st April, you may be required to work 37.5 hours per week until the department can meet the requirements without impacting patient safety - you will, of course, be remunerated accordingly. NHS Lanarkshire is committed to full implementation of the 37 hour working week across all areas as soon as it is safe to do so.

NHS Lanarkshire Recruitment Website

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