Assistant Procurement Specialist
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Job Location:
Portsmouth - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
9 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Band 4: 27485 - 30162
Full time hours: 37.5 per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Base: Building 4000 Lakeside North Harbour Cosham Portsmouth PO6 3EN
Looking to grow your career in procurement within a respected supportive and peoplefocused organisation As a single corporate service (PHUIOW) we are incredibly proud of our Procurement & Supply Chain team and were excited to welcome a motivated forward thinking Assistant Procurement Specialist to join us.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to bring their skills into a sector with purpose stability and exceptional development opportunities. Every product and service we procure ultimately affects patient care - and that gives our work real purpose. Join a team where your skills matter your development is supported and your contribution is recognised.
Why Join Us
Youll be part of a team that is wellregarded across the organisation for its professionalism expertise and positive culture. Youll collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders across both Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and Isle of Wight NHS Trust playing an important part in delivering high quality best value procurement services that directly benefit patient care.
Youll enjoy:
- A friendly supportive working environment
- A varied workload with new challenges every day
- Clear opportunities to grow your career within NHS Procurement
- A generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent annual leave and NHS employment benefits
- Access to Health Service Discounts (travel shopping groceries & more)
- Financial and study leave support for your CIPS qualification
About the Role
As an Assistant Procurement Specialist you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of procurement exercises and projects across a wide range of categories.
You will:
- Assist in producing tender documents contract paperwork and procurement adverts
- Work with stakeholders to produce accurate and complete specifications
- Support tender evaluations financial assessments and value for money analysis
- Help identify savings opportunities and new areas for contracting
- Maintain procurement records databases and work plans
- Work closely with Procurement Specialists and Managers on key projects
Your work will directly contribute to the Trusts ability to deliver high quality cost effective patient care - something we never lose sight of.
Who Were Looking For
We want someone who is:
- Enthusiastic motivated and ready to learn
- Comfortable analysing data with strong numerical skills
- Highly organised with great attention to detail
- Confident using Microsoft Office (Excel Outlook Word PowerPoint)
- Able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people
- Interested in developing their procurement career including working towards CIPS
Whether you have public sector experience or youre coming from a commercial background if youre keen to grow and make a difference wed love to hear from you.
For additional information please see attached Job description or contact Holly Smith - / Rupert Hatch -
Qualifications :
Essential
- Good general standard of education including Mathematics and English Language to NVQ 4 or relevant equivalent.
- Must be prepared to work towards the completion of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPs) or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Experience persuading and influencing others within a Procurement environment.
- Experience of a customer service and engagement environment
Desirable
- Willingness to develop self into a full Procurement Specialist role over time.
- Appreciation and understanding of the term whole life costing.
- Experience of competitive quotations and tenders
- Experience of working within the public sector
- Experience with the Atamis platform.
Knowledge
Essential
- A good understanding of Procurement knowledge.
- Competent with the Microsoft Office package.
- Good Communication skills: written & oral to explain processes offer advice and influence decision making.
- Forward thinking with good project management skills
- Interpersonal able to work as part of a large team.
- Able to use initiative and work independently.
- Well organised & able to prioritise workload to meet specific deadlines.
- Create develop and maintain working relationships with all clients to achieve corporate and team objectives
Additional Information :
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ Race Equality and DisAbility and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education opinions culture ethnicity race sex gender identity and expression nation of origin age languages spoken veterans status colour religion disability sexual orientation and beliefs.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Purchasing
- Sourcing
- Procurement
- Employee Evaluation
- HR Sourcing
- SAP
- Supply Chain Experience
- Federal Aviation Regulations
- Contract Management
- Supplier Management
- negotiation
- Contracts
About Company
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospita ... View more
