Buying Support Officer

Our people are our greatest strength and through our people we strive to make continuous improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide procurement support across Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and other stakeholder organisations.
• Assist the Procurement Team with day‑to‑day operations, including updating and maintaining procurement systems (Procurement Catalogues, Unit 4 (Agresso) integration, Contracts Database, Stock Management systems).
• Liaise with the Procurement Team, customers and suppliers to resolve issues, ensuring an effective cost‑efficient service and first‑class customer service.
• Ensure accuracy, meet tight deadlines and comply with policies and procedures to achieve key performance targets.
• Raise awareness of the procurement department and provide advice and guidance to relevant departments.
• Develop, prepare and report KPI data.
• Engage in low‑value sourcing of products and services.

Main Duties of the Job

• Supporting the buying team
• Supplier and stakeholder liaison
• Communicating with suppliers
• Low value sourcing of products and services
• Preparing KPI data

Working for Our Organization

DSFS is a subsidiary of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, supporting procurement and other facilities services across the Trust.

Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge

• Planning and organising: prioritise own workload against competing demands and time pressures.
• Logical, organised and efficient work approach.
• Work under pressure within defined objectives and timetables.
• Work both individually and as part of a team.
• Analytical and judgement skills: manipulate data from multiple sources to inform decision making.
• Move data between systems or produce data for inclusion into electronic systems.
• Communication and relationships: produce timely, accurate written/electronic records and documents.
• Liaise and interact with staff at all levels in a multi‑disciplinary environment.
• Training and education: advise and coach other professionals on procurement systems.
• Knowledge of procurement principles acquired through training and/or experience.
• Advanced keyboard skills.

Qualifications and Training

• 4 GCSEs or equivalent, including Maths and English.

Experience

• IT literate with demonstrable experience working with a number of IT systems.
• Advanced Excel user – data sorts, lookups, comparators, pivot tables.
• Unit 4 (Agresso) use or equivalent E‑Procurement System experience.
• Stock management knowledge.

Flexible Working

If you’re looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, discuss with us how we might accommodate your needs, provided it supports the service and patient care.

Visa and Immigration

DSFS does not currently offer a Certificate of Sponsorship; applications requiring sponsorship will not be considered.

If DSFS provides sponsorship in the future, applicants must provide full and accurate details of their immigration status and fulfil the UK criminal record checks for overseas applicants.

Required Provisional Disclosure

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