Are you you an experienced procurement professional ready tomake a real impact in healthcare services?

Synchronicity Care Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of CountyDurham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, is seeking a Senior ProcurementOfficer to join our forward-thinking Procurement Team.

In this exciting and pivotal role, you will lead and manageend-to-end procurement processes across a wide range of goods and services,supporting both clinical and non clinical teams. Youll ensure compliance with public sectorprocurement regulations, deliver value for money, and support high-qualitypatient care.

We can offer you a unique opportunity for you to broadenyour procurement career, with a platform to network, continue to develop yourskills and reputation in the region and help you to access onward training anddevelopment.

The role is flexible working and we offer a hybrid approach.

For an informal chat please call or e-mail JulieWarnett, Associate Director of Procurement on 07342071151 or email julie.warnett@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

The ideal candidate will have demonstratable experiencewithin public sector procurement in tendering, facilitating procurementprojects and developing procurement forward plans.

Responsible for the successful procurement of goods andservices engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to deliver excellentpatient care. This will include complexprocurement projects through facilitation of tendering exercises and utilisingframework agreements where appropriate.

The ideal candidate will act as an advocate to driveimprovements in the development and implementation of procurementdocumentation, policies and ways of working to achieve best practice andcompliance.

Mentoring and supporting other members of the procurementteam, to develop their knowledge and skills to progress and improve performancedeveloping and enhancing your management and leadership skills.

About us

SCL is a wholly owned subsidiary of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT) set up to deliver a range of non-clinical services The company is a separate legal body to CDDFT.

SCL offers its own Terms and Conditions of employment which differ to the national NHS Terms and Conditions. As an employee in the company you will benefit from:

• Access to a pension scheme - National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) CDD Services will pay a 3% contribution (this is over and above the minimum contribution rate at the present time)
• Night Shift Working Allowances (where appropriate)
• Bank Holiday Working Allowances (where appropriate)

Bank work is offered on an 'as and when' basis with no guaranteed hours and will be paid on a pro-rata hourly rate for hours worked only

Job responsibilities

The role will lead and manage end-to-end procurementprocesses and contract negotiations with tendering requirements across a widerange of goods and services, supporting both clinical and non-clinical teams.

Youll ensure full compliance with public sector procurementregulations and Trust governance to notonly deliver value for money but to support high-quality patient care throughstrategic sourcing.

The role will develop and maintain robust procurement plansaligned with service needs and Trust priorities whilst building strongrelationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers to drive serviceimprovement.

For further information on the main jobduties/responsibilities please head to the Job Description and PersonSpecification located under the supporting documents heading.

Person Specification

Experience

• Proven experience of working within a large, complex procurement environment, ability to demonstrate sound knowledge in:
• Working knowledge and fully conversant with the Procurement legislations and their application within a public sector procurement environment.
• Proven experience of managing large, complex procurement programme that cut across a variety of stakeholders.
• Change management.
• Relationship management.
• Project management.
• Data analysis.
• Staff development and guidance.
• Proven experience of delivery year on year on strategic targets and objectives.
• Experience of day to day line management of staff.

Special Requirements

• The ability to work from and travel between any SCL and Trust locations

Qualifications

• MCIPS Qualified (or close to completion) (Member of Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply) or significant equivalent experience.
• GCSE Maths and English Grade A-C (or equivalent)
• Evidence of continued professional development including in the areas of procurement and contract management.
• Management / Leadership Qualification (CMI Level 5, Foundation Degree) or equivalent experience and academic ability for the post demands of the post.
• Project Management Qualification (such as, PRINCE2 practitioner) or equivalent experience

Special Skills & Knowledge

• Working knowledge of Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Procurement Act 2023, Provider Selection Regime 2024 and their application within the public sector. This knowledge must be underpinned by theory and experience.
• Working knowledge of National Procurement Strategies and associated plans.
• Experience in the development of strong stakeholder relationships, with the skills to on-board and motive stakeholders throughout programme of work.
• Working knowledge of project management and project forward planning underpinned by applied experience.
• Strong communication skills and persuasiveness in presenting, negotiating and resolving complex issues.
• IT skills literate in Microsoft packages, including Outlook, Word,, Excel and Power point.
• Must be pragmatic, structured & adaptable.

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.