The Procurement & Supplies Team provides services to both University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust and North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
The Lead Buyer role within the Procurement & Supplies Department is seen as a key role and an opportunity for candidates to join a vibrant, highly driven Procurement Team, based across numerous sites within both Trusts.
The Lead Buyer role is required within the Clinical / Non Clinical Teams, working with key stakeholders including clinicians, nursing colleagues, estates and facilities, and IT, to lead a range of procurement projects.
The role briefly consists of leading on self-identified and allocated projects under the direction of the Integrated Procurement Manager, delivering against agreed timescales and outcomes for the specified areas across all or some of the Trust’s within the scope of the Integrated Procurement Team.
Responsible for the sourcing and procuring of goods, equipment, materials and services, meeting customer requirements, ensuring compliance with Public Procurement Legislation, UK Law, Trust Standing Financial Instructions and NHS Procurement Guidance.
To identify and deliver savings and cost reduction opportunities.
- Lead a range of clinical and non clinical procurement projects including planning and selection strategies; tendering and commercial dialogue. Involving close engagement with staff, including clinicians, nursing colleagues, finance, estates and facilities, IT and external stakeholders to achieve a cost effective procurement of materials and/or services.
- Plan, negotiate and deliver a cost reduction work plan for materials and/or services, working closely with clinical staff including senior managers and external stakeholders without compromising quality of service.
- Assess and advise financial implications of contract awards to all stakeholders, reporting formally on the implications of supplier, service and product changes. Influence key internal stakeholders to accept any recommended product/service changes or if no agreement, escalate to the relevant senior team member.
- Provide professional advice to Trust staff including senior managers in respect of the procurement process, including Public Procurement Legislation, UK Law, Trust Standing Financial Instructions and NHS Procurement Guidance.
- Responsible for the tendering of complex and high value contracts typically from £100k to in excess of 5 million for services and materials, ensuring value for money and statutory procurement requirements are adhered to and achieving project sign off for all procurement decisions.
We operate from five main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, Cumberland Infirmary (CIC) in Carlisle and West Cumberland Hospital (WCH) in Whitehaven as well as a number of community health care premises across Cumbria and North Lancashire.
The Lead Buyer role can operate on a hybrid basis, with a minimum of 40% or two days per week in the office. Owing to the need to develop high level working relationships with Trust stakeholders and suppliers, there is a requirement to work flexibility with regards to site working and be able to work from/attend meetings at sites across Cumbria and North Lancashire as appropriate.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kathryn Howarth Job title: Integrated Procurement Manager Email address: kathryn.howarth@mbht.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07813405238
Naila Draper (Integrated Procurement Manager)
Phone: 07977 815543
e-mail: naila.draper@mbht.nhs.uk
Sarah Raby (Integrated Procurement Manager)
Phone: 01524 591581
e-mail: sarah.raby@mbht.nhs.uk
