Procurement Business Officer

An opportunity has arisen for a Procurement Business Officer to join the NHS Shared Services - Procurement Services' Frontline Procurement Team based at St David's Park, Carmarthen. If you're looking for a career in Procurement that keeps you motivated, offers potential for personal development and puts you in a position to make a positive difference to the NHS in Wales, then NWSSP Procurement Services has a career that will interest you. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your procurement career in a dynamic, challenging and high profile environment.

Main duties of the job:

• NWSSP - NHS Wales Procurement Shared Service is an established Procurement Service assisting the Health Boards and Trusts across Wales to deliver patient centred services.
• We are an award winning service focusing on value, safety, excellence, innovation and quality.
• As a Procurement Service we have an obligation to provide stakeholders and customers with the best quality service, ensuring the right product, provision or service has been sourced and supplied efficiently and at the right price for all of Wales.
• Our aim is to have seamless procurement processes in place that release clinical time to focus on patient care and develop a value based procurement approach based around patient outcomes.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation:

• At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating.
• Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement.
• We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people.
• Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities:

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.

Person specification:

• Essential criteria: Knowledge of professional purchasing principles acquired through NVQ level 3 or Advanced Certificate in Procurement and Supply, plus knowledge of contract law acquired through short courses and experience OR Previous work experience in a contracting function.
• Proven ability to build, manage, and maintain effective relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a collaborative approach to engaging diverse teams and vendors.
• 5 GCSE's grade C and above, including Maths & English or equivalent experience.

• Desirable criteria: Ability to work to deadlines, competent in the use of Microsoft products, proven ability to prepare documentation utilising Microsoft products that are both structurally and grammatically correct and capable of final presentation, excellent organisational skills, proven communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills, ability to follow work through to completion, ability to work positively as part of a team, Welsh language skills are desirable.

Other Desirable criteria:

• Ability to travel in a timely manner off site for meetings (as appropriate) throughout Wales and other parts of the UK.
• Awareness of Business planning principles.
• Working knowledge of quality systems and procedures including problem solving techniques.
• Knowledge of best practice, benchmarking and performance measurement techniques.
• Ability to analyse and interpret complex data sets.

We are committed to flexible working and equal opportunities. If you are shortlisted for interview you will be contacted by email using the email address with which you registered. Please ensure that you check your email account regularly.

Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

When applying for this post it is essential that you read the Job Description and Person Specification (where available) and demonstrate how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the person specification. Only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route.

Applicant requirements: Welsh language skills are desirable.