Procurement Specialist

Practice Plus Group; Plymouth; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare services provider in the UK is seeking a Procurement Specialist to join their team. In this role, you will manage supplier relationships, ensure contractual obligations are met, and oversee the tendering processes. Working primarily from home with a requirement to be in-office once a week, you'll play an essential role in the wider finance team. This position offers a competitive salary and opportunities for career development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

25 days annual leave plus public holidays

Employee assistance helpline

Qualifications

• Procurement qualification (CIPS) and suitable experience within a Procurement role.
• Good understanding of the procurement process.
• Knowledge and experience of contracts and negotiating new terms and conditions.
• Ability to manage multiple supplier relationships.
• Well-organized and able to work independently.
• Healthcare knowledge would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that suppliers meet their contractual obligations.
• Manage supplier relationships between the company and the sites.
• Oversee the tendering process for new contracts.
• Draft contracts based on standard terms and conditions.
• Work across finance and operations to ensure service suitability.
• Respond to queries from suppliers and managers.

Skills

Procurement qualification (CIPS)

Understanding of the procurement process

Contracts and negotiating terms

Managing multiple supplier relationships

Organizational skills

Healthcare knowledge

Job description

About The Role

Practice Plus Group is the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to patients in Secure Environments – prisons, immigration removal centres (IRCs) and non-custodial services, as well as our Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) service - NHS 111, Out-of-Hours (OOH) and Clinical Assessment Centres (CAS).

We are looking for a Procurement Specialist to join the team, looking after our 2 service lines - Health in Justice and Integrated Urgent Care (IUC).

Primarily working from home, you will ensure that suppliers deliver on their contractual obligations, manage relationships, and oversee the tendering processes. You will be in the office in Theale (Reading) every Tuesday, and be a key part of the wider finance team.

This is a brand new role, created due to expansion, which you can really make your own!

Hours: This is a full time role, 37.5 hours per week, working Monday - Friday, 9am - 5:30pm.

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum depending on experience.

How will we support you?

• Robust Induction
• Everybody has career coaching conversations to support personal and professional growth with access to higher learning and training opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks

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What you'll be doing

• As our new Procurement Specialist, some of your duties will include:
• Ensure that suppliers are meeting their contractual obligations, investigating any issues and escalating as necessary
• Manage supplier relationships, between Practice Plus Group and the sites that use the service of those suppliers
• Oversee the tendering process - re-tendering, new contracts and any amendments, as well as creating any tendering documents
• Draft contracts based on standards terms and conditions
• Work across the finance division, as well as operations and other areas of the business to ensure service suitability
• Respond to any queries from suppliers, sites and managers

If you are interested incareer development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there … we also offer:

• Company pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus public bank holidays
• An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• Excellent long-term career prospects
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we’ll look for in you

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

As our new Procurement Specialist, you will:

• Have a Procurement qualification (CIPS) and suitable experience within a Procurement role
• Have a good understanding of the procurement process
• Have knowledge and experience of contracts and negotiating new terms and conditions
• Be able to manage multiple supplier relationships
• Be very organised and able to work independently
• Any healthcare knowledge would be beneficial

We offer a very rewarding and fulfilling career to healthcare professionals in primary care. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.