Materials Manager
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Job Location:
Cheltenham - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Materials Manager
Cheltenham Hospital Procurement Permanent contract Full time
Up to 47000.00 per annum depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
At Nuffield Health the UKs largest healthcare charity everything we give our patients members and customers would not be possible without you. Whether its driving connected health helping the nation transforming experiences or building the career you want we give you the support to do it all. Join our journey. It starts with you.
As a Materials Manager will provide leadership and management oversight & support to the daily operations of all supply chain functions at Nuffield Health Hospital. As the leader within your team you will serve as the key lead between the Central supply chain and the hospital leadership teams providing effective communication internally across the hospital and within your department. You would do this whilst supporting the individual as well as the team s development knowledge and skills improvement.
The Materials Managers will lead the on-site supply chain department/s including inventory management vendor relationship management and managing supply addition you would be responsible for implementation of best practice and continuous improvement across the Hospitals.
You will :-
- Ensure goods and services are purchased to meet hospital requirements in line with Nuffield Healths policies and procedures
- Develop the department with accountability for achieving cost management and the accurate and timely provision of all management information required
- Ensure effective business planning and development for the department with input into hospital business planning improvement and development
- Act as the face of Supply Chain and make yourself a key point of contact at site
- Carry out audits / reviews of the department and its performance are undertaken and recorded. Action taken in a prompt manner to address any issues raised
- Engage with senior stakeholders at the facilities such as: Head of Departments Hospital Directors Finance Business Partners amongst others
- Drive operational excellence in areas of responsibility and assist in delivering the divisional strategy at a local level
- Accountability that best practice in inventory management is followed within the department undertaking managing and recording planned stock counts in accordance with Nuffield Health Supply Chain policy
- Cost reduction and efficiency improvements are implemented and supported
- Accountability of all records relevant to area of responsibility are maintained managed and reported accurately and in accordance with required procedures and timescales
What are we looking for
You will have demonstrable experience of working within Supply Chain - in a similar role previously. You will have management experience including team leadership within a commercial and finance remit whilst working to cost control KPIs. Being a strong and effective communicator you will have an ability to influence and and represent the Supplies Function through clear and regular communications to the hospital leadership team. Experience with Materials Management inventory systems will be advantageous
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work feeling healthy happy and valued. Thats why weve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here you can choose from a range of fitness lifestyle health and fitness wellbeing rewards such as free gym membership health assessments retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health we take care of whats important to you.
Nuffield Health Cheltenham Hospital.
Nuffield Health Cheltenham Hospital is located in the beautiful area of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. It has excellent transport links nearby being veryclose to theM5 and hospital has 32 ensuite private bedrooms 3 theatresand a small ambulatory unit. It also hosts a purpose built close observation unit 12 consulting rooms with access to treatment roomsdiagnostic services including; plain x-ray MRI CT mammography andultrasound. We provide a full range of medical and surgical specialities delivered in state-of-the-art clinical facilities including orthopaedics cosmetic surgery spinal services sports injury ENT gynaecology urology as well as a rapid access breast clinic.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want today.
Applications will be considered as they are received and interviews will be arranged accordingly. We reserve the right to close adverts early for example where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications. Therefore please apply early to ensure you are considered for the post.
It starts with you.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Inventory Control
- Microsoft Access
- Purchasing
- Lean
- Supply Chain Experience
- Production Planning
- ERP Systems
- Leadership Experience
- Materials Management
- Manufacturing
- MRP
About Company
As the UK's largest healthcare charity, Nuffield Health exists to build a healthier nation through our hospitals, fitness & wellbeing clubs, healthcare clinics and workplace wellbeing services.
