Transactional Buyer - Swindon, Bath or Salisbury

This is an exciting opportunity to join our expanding procurement team and support our ambitious operational procurement transformation plan. Working within a busy, forward thinking and progressive department, you will provide procurement support to our stakeholders ensuring best practice Procurement and value for money. The role can be based in Swindon, Bath or Salisbury but there is travel to all three locations on an ad-hoc basis.

Main duties of the job:

• Procurement support: this will include the processing of ad-hoc requisition requests to meet stakeholder requirements.
• You will have excellent communication and analytical abilities, a keen eye for detail and accurate data entry skills.
• It will be important that you have the ability to manage your time effectively and be able to meet set deadlines.
• Reporting directly to the Transactional Procurement Manager you will be an integral part of the operational team, supporting the wider Procurement team, and you will have the ability to work on your own initiative when required.

Experience of working within a procurement environment is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided.

Working for our organisation:

We are a well-established acute Trust with a track record of high performance and provide a broad range of services for the populations served by Wiltshire, Dorset and West Hampshire CCGs, alongside highly regarded specialist services with excellent clinical networks both locally and nationally. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4,000 staff. We offer excellent staff benefits including an onsite day nursery and holiday play scheme. We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Person specification:

• Qualifications: Maths and English GCSE at grade C and above or equivalent. NVQ Level 3.
• Experience: Experience of working in a multi-functional business environment. Previously worked in a NHS and/or public procurement environment.
• Technical: Good keyboard skills with intermediate ability of computer applications including MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook. Experience of using a specialist purchase order system and working knowledge of basic PC applications such as Oracle or Unit 4.

Benefits:

• Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff.
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme.
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme.
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges.
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Uniform provided (where required).
• 40% bus discount exclusive to SFT employees (period tickets only).
• On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme.
• On site health and fitness club.
• On site car parking (fees and restrictions apply).
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.

Our commitment to equality:

We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly. The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens.

If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to repay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary.