Procurement Assistant

Join an integral part of the NHS family, critical to sourcing, delivery and supply of healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales, as a Procurement Assistant.

Joining NHS Supply Chain means you are part of the continued and committed contribution to supporting the NHS to deliver safe and excellent patient care, by ensuring the organisation delivers the products and services needed by the NHS, both now and in the future.

There are multiple positions available (in multiple roles across the UK) for Procurement Assistants within the Commercial Category Team spanning across various departments, Diagnostics, Equipment & Services, Medial & Surgical, Medical Technology, Rehabilitation and Community.

This is an amazing opportunity for anyone looking to start their career in Procurement. You will be provided with lots of training, development opportunities and professional qualifications can be funded through the organisation.

The location for this role is Leeds.

Core role of a Procurement Assistant

The Procurement Assistant will work as an integral member of the category teams, ensuring the procurement processes are managed within identified KPIs.

They will support the delivery of the end-to-end procurement process for our customers/stakeholders, working to always deliver a high level of customer service to all stakeholders ensuring that relationships and processes are managed effectively allowing overall targets to be achieved.

Procurement Assistant responsibilities

• Procurement - Achieve specific procurement goals or provide support to others while following established procurement systems and protocols.
• Contract Requirements - Gather and report on information on existing contract performance and provide as input to the new contract process.
• Contract Management - Carry out simple contract management tasks.
• Document Preparation - Prepare moderately complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for reports.
• Data Collection and Analysis - Extract relevant data from information provided by others and input it into spreadsheets or standard formats.
• Operational Compliance - Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.
• Stakeholder Engagement - Support stakeholder engagement by arranging actions, meetings, and events.
• Sourcing - Collect and collate information on the key cost drivers, market dynamics and issues, areas of innovation, and alternative suppliers for more senior colleagues to provide solid market information for decision making.
• Customer Service - Provide a quality service to customers while identifying opportunities to secure new business or support retention. Responsibilities may include processing cases, dealing with complex queries, and investigating and resolving customer problems.

The successful Procurement Assistant will be able to demonstrate.

• Communicates effectively - Great customer service skills.
• Manages complexity
• Ensures accountability
• Plans and aligns
• Computer skills - Standard office equipment and software packages (Excel)
• Data collection and analysis

If you match the above criteria and are interested in the role, please send your CV for a discussion about the role - Many thanks.