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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Address: Royal Victoria Infirmary; Queen Victoria Road; Newcastle upon Tyne; Tyne and Wear; NE1 4LP
Contact Number: 0191 282 0999 option 2

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Ref: 317-2025-28-01-DR Vacancy ID: 7284274

Senior Procurement Specialist

Accepting applications until: 20-Jul-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 20-Jul-2025 23:59

Location

Gwefan: Regent Point
Tref: 317 Regent Point
Cod post: NE3 3HD
Major / Minor Region: Tyne and Wear

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Oriau: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Cyflog: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (Band 6)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: 317 Supplies - Corporate

Dyddiad y cyfweliad: 04/08/2025

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

Evidence of continued professional development including in the areas of EU procurement, The Procurement Act 2023, Provider Selection Regime 2023, Contract Management and will have undertaken the Annual CIPS Ethical Procurement and Supply eLearning test.

Job Purpose

The Senior Procurement Specialist is part of the Supplies and Procurement team and is the procurement lead for the successful delivery of projects within the aligned Business Area/Clinical Board.
The post holder will provide expert advice concerning successful contracting within public procurement regulations and the Trust’s internal regulations and policies.
The post holder will be responsible for the tendering of bespoke contracts for estates works, goods, services and works, including research, preparation, issue, scheduling, evaluation, reporting on tenders and award and the management of contracts.
As the senior procurement specialist the post holder will lead the establishment and/or enhancement of robust relationships within the aligned business area and wider Trust, to drive productive collaboration between the stakeholders and the procurement function in the effective forward planning of procurement / projects requirements, enabling cost savings in doing so.
The post holder will support the development and implementing of discrete service policies which impact across the Trust.
The post holder would be responsible for ensuring that the Trust utilises where appropriate, national contracts established by NHS Supply Chain, Crown Commercial Services, the North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative or other approved public sector collaborative procurement organisations where such arrangements provide benefit to the Trust; facilitating communication between the Trust’s internal customers of goods / services covered by such contracts and those formulating them.
The post holder would be responsible for ensuring that goods surplus to the Trust’s requirements and with a resale value are offered for sale in accordance with Trust Corporate Governance and appropriate NHS guidance, where required.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. It is expected that the post holder would be office based before agile working applies, to ensure that they are familiar with the supplies and procurement function and the organisation.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Meini prawf hanfodol

Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Professional Diploma or post graduate qualification or equivalent level of experience in tendering and complex commercial procurement management
Degree level qualification or equivalent level experience

Meini prawf dymunol

Project Management Qualification (such as, PRINCE2 practitioner) or equivalent experience.

Knowledge & Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol

Evidence of continued professional development including in the areas of public procurement regulations and contract management.
Knowledge and experience of procurement and its application within the public sector. This knowledge must be unpinned by theory and experience.
Working knowledge of operating within organisational policies, such as, Standing Financial Instructions.
Working knowledge of project management and project forward planning underpinned by applied experience. Ability to manage large, multidisciplinary projects.
Working knowledge of electronic procurement systems (e-tendering and purchasing, ideally including Atamis)
Experience at developing and managing relationships within a complex procurement environment.
Experience of analysing information and spend data to support decision making.
Experience of participating in group meetings to achieve a set outcome.
Experience of identifying service improvements and supporting appropriate change.
Experience of day-to-day line management of staff and staff development and mentoring.
Experience of working to both agreed individual and team targets.
Evidence of continued professional development.

Skills & Abilities

Meini prawf hanfodol

The ability, skills and knowledge to provide professional procurement advice and guidance to internal and external stakeholders.
Good communication skills and persuasiveness in presenting, negotiating and resolving complex issues.
IT skills literate in Microsoft packages, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint