Procurement Business Officer

NHS Wales Shared Services Procurement 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. Our aim is to have seamless procurement processes in place that releases clinical time to focus on patient care and develop a value based procurement approach based around patient outcomes.

Procurement Services have a vacant Procurement Business Officer position. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your procurement career in a dynamic, challenging and high profile environment.

Main duties of the job

Contributes to being the interface of Procurement between NWSSP Local Procurement and our customers and will assist in representing the function at various levels. Additionally, the post holder will assist in informing on the status/priority of category work plans across the Trust. This will involve liaison with user departments and NWSSP at all levels to promote procurement input into partner organisations' business plans at the earliest opportunity.

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

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.

Offering a comprehensive benefits package, there is something for everyone.

NWSSP work in an agile way where possible, all posts will have a contractual base but as part of agile ways of working that may mean working from home and other locations. We also look at how we balance flexibility with community, and how to manage opportunities to learn from each other.

Qualifications

• Qualified to CIPS (Level 4)/NVQ2/3 or equivalent experience
• 5 GCSE's grade C and above, including Maths & English or equivalent experience
• 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
• Previous work experience in a contracting function: e.g. able to construct specifications, appraise suppliers, invite tenders & evaluate bids, terms and conditions of contact
• 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

Experience

• Proven ability to establish and enhance effective working relationships with stakeholders
• Experience of managing staff
• Ability to analyse and interpret complex data sets

Skills and Attributes

• Ability to work to deadlines
• Ability to work positively as part of a team
• Ability to follow work through to completion
• Excellent organisational skills
• Proven ability to prepare documentation utilising Microsoft products that are both structurally and grammatically correct and capable of final presentation
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Products
• Proven communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading and writing in Welsh

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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