Procurement Analyst

ob Title: Procurement Analyst

Function: Commercial

Location: Nottingham, Alfreton, Chester, Leeds, Warrington, Sheffield

Type: Permanent

SCCL Grade: Hay Grade 14

Salary: Salary: £32,045 with the potential to rise to £37,700 by year 3

Closing Date: 25th March 2024

We have a great opportunity for a Procurement Analyst within our diagnostics team.

The role has responsibility to support the lead analysts and business manager in planning, designing, and implementing business solutions across the Medical Technology Category Teams and holds responsibility for supporting the transformation and improvement of business intelligence/reporting and solutions.

What does a Procurement Analyst do at NHS Supply Chain?

The role of Procurement Analyst will involve liaising with various internal stakeholders, handling large quantities of data from multiple sources, working on multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, and dealing with queries.

As a Procurement Analyst, you will be working alongside the Data and Insight Analysts, supporting the production of regular reporting requests such as Benchmark Cost Analysis and Spend Analysis requests. This will include, but is not limited to:

• Extracting large quantities of data from multiple systems

• Preparing and validating data for analysis

• Undertaking analysis such as Benchmark Cost Analysis and Spend Analysis

• Validating analysis results

What skills, qualifications, and qualities do I need to be successful?

Knowledge of strategic planning systems and protocols to support others.

Experience in responding to requests and managing data.

Managing workload and ability to prioritise

Communication and collaboration skills

Stakeholder Management experience

Degree qualification or relevant experience

How you’ll work

In return for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work you will be rewarded with an attractive salary and benefits package, consisting of:

Performance-led annual bonus scheme

27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days leave.

Generous contributory pension scheme (matched contributions up to 12% of your salary)

Flexible benefits scheme – you will be able to choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.

2 days paid Volunteering Leave

1 Wellbeing Day

Access to the Blue Light Card and NHS Discounts

Flexible working options

National Annual season ticket purchase scheme

Eye Care vouchers

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales. We make sure the products we supply are always safe, quality assured and delivered efficiently.

We’re always listening to the people who use our products, so that we’re aware of the changing needs across the NHS. In all, we serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres. We also manage relationships with more than a thousand suppliers, delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations.

And by doing all of this on behalf of the NHS, this gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of proving excellent patient care.

Our, Purpose, Vision and Strategy are clear. We provide direction, leadership, and commercial focus to improve health outcomes.

Vision:To make it easier for the NHS to put patients first

Purpose: Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health

Values:

Be Authentic

Be Inclusive

Be Driven

Be Enterprising

Be The Difference

Other Information

SCCL is a not an NHS organisation, you will join on SCCL terms and conditions.

For more information on SCCL and the NHS Supply chain please visit: www.supplychain.nhs.uk

For an informal discussion about the role in confidence please email us at careers@supplychain.nhs.uk to arrange a call with the Hiring Manager.

A full role profile and person specification is available on request by emailing the above email address.

NHS Supply Chain is an equal opportunities employer

SCCL is a company Registered in England and Wales, with company number 10881715, to act as the management function of the NHS Supply Chain.

SCCL values and respects the diversity of its employees and aims to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Our policies and procedures reflect our commitment to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

SCCL reserve the right to close any vacancies from further submissions when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

If you are shortlisted for interview you will be required to provide proof of ID and the right to work in the UK.