Total 11 purchasing procurement inventory job vacancies in London, E9 6SR

The Procurement team provide professional procurement expertise, advice and services across the organisation ensuring value for money is achieved, whilst fundamentally supporting the delivery of high-quality patient care. Key Duties To engage with and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in order to provide a high-quality service. To provide guidance, advice and support to clinical leads, matrons, ward managers and other staff in relation to clinical procurement issues, supporting improvements in clinical practice, raising standards of care as well as the delivery of value in the goods and services the hospital purchases. Support specific clinical product evaluation projects considering existing local and national guidelines and best practice involving product users at every stage to support definition of clinical criteria and evaluation strategy. Promote awareness and understanding within the London Clinic of the function and usage of products within the supply chain teams, increase understanding of clinical concerns and issues and the positive impact of effective clinical procurement strategies on the quality of patient care. Support the Supply Chain team to identify, source suitable alternatives and direct replacements in response of vendor stock outs and discontinuation. The full Job Description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment.

Develop and implement full end to end Tender activity as directed by the Procurement Associate Director / Assistant Director working with NHS LPP Members. Please see Job description for full details Person specification Qualifications/ Education Essential Criteria Good general education Good standard of numeracy and literacy Evidence of CIPS qualification and progress towards professional chartered status Previous procurement experience or training to a Masters level or equivalent Previous experience Essential Criteria Experience of preparing and presenting reports. Desirable criteria Experience in a healthcare related organisation. Working knowledge of contract law Skills/Knowledge/ Ability Essential Criteria Experience of sourcing including tender process from initial scoping to contract award. Analytical competence and problem solving. Excellent administration & organisational skills. Excellent communication skills. Excellent IT skills. Ability to prioritise workload and organise others workload. Desirable criteria Ability to use eProcurement systems. Microsoft Excel and data base competence. Ability to analyse data. Ability to run reports and prepare presentations. Demonstrable ability to work and influence teams. Demonstrable ability to manage workload.

Responsible for devising and implementing engagement procedures and account management strategies for customers management. Responsible for creating business plans that achieve wider targets. Evaluate the internal planning processes and initiate improvements. Contribute to the design and dissemination of the relevant QA policies and procedures

Responsible for the implementation inventory management systems withinyour designated area. Responsible for the implementation of the service level Supply Chainpolicies and procedures. Ensuring that all service level procedures areimplemented across the Trust. To support the development and implementation of sustainable andquantifiable improvements in service delivery. Ensuring at all times that theservice meets with the needs of the Trust. To continuously review the delivery of the service and work with the SupllyChain manager to improve service delivery including revising processesand procedures. To work in partnership with other senior supply chain managers to developand implement a long term strategy of service standardisation and servicedelivery. Contribute to business planning and continuously identify cost savingopportunities across the service.

Responsible as the Shared service Trust Catalogue manager operating within broad policies and procedures for the effective managementof the supplier; These includes - Ensuring that all catalogue update activity aligns with the calendar of supplier catalogue/ price agreement expiry datesensuring that price data remains active at all;Processing all catalogue price agreements with suppliers in the member Trusts purchase order systems in line with theoperations policies and procedures;Resolving all price queries relating to catalogue orders, updating the relevant systems, supplier and team;Developing and maintaining catalogue protocols and policies across the member Trust and by external;Responsible for all tests/trials/evaluation of catalogue systems ensuring that all standards of the service are met at all;Reviewing purchase order spend report to add more items to the catalogue in line for operating procedures and policies;Working at a very high level of speed and accuracy in the management of the Shared Service catalogues;Preparing of all catalogue contract documents analysing statistical information across suppliers;Validating and analysing data received from Identifying price and other variances such as supplier performance/ leadtimes and making recommendations to the relevant Sourcing Manager;Planning / coordinating and implementation of member Trust wide supplier catalogues, ensuring that all operational timelines are met;Adjust and amend all plans to align with the relevant portfolio strategy. This involves working to various discrete portfolio teams;Communicating with all financial and procurement regulations related to catalogues to managers at all levels across the organisation and external bodies including when required.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page. The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

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The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Operational Management Inventory management Responsible for and lead the quarterly and annual pharmacy stock takes (CW site). Ensure the pharmacy stock management policy is fully implemented and monitored to ensure all stock counts are undertaken and associated paperwork is completed and filed (CW site). Be responsible for and implement an ongoing programme of analysing, reporting and taking action on low turnover products to reduce the risk of products expiring (cross site). Responsible for ensuring EHL (IV fluid managed inventory service) orders are receipted and stock transfers occur to ensure stock holding in both the IV fluid room and on the EHL WellSky location are accurate and up to date. Responsible for developing and implementing strategies to reduce avoidable waste (cross site). Ensure staff maintain the pharmacy stock storage standards (CW site). Responsible for ensuring the full functionality of the Pyxis out of hours cabinet is implemented and used correctly by pharmacy staff to ensure a safe and efficient system (CW site). Ensure relevant stock management and related system SOPs are in date (CW site). Ensure all eligible suppliers are set up to receive orders electronically via Powergate (CW site). Ensure all eligible suppliers are set up to send invoices electronically via Powergate (CW site). Ensure the buying office and invoicing teams fully utilise the electronic functions available within Powergate, consistently and accurately (CW site). Set up and maintain the electronic system for ordering and receiving IV fluids provided by Eleanor Hospital Logistics (CW site). Lead roll out of guided picking and any other new ordering or inventory management solutions (CW site). Lead on roll out and enhanced functionality of Pyxis Inventory Connect (CW site). Operational Support IM&T Communicates in a timely manner with external system supplies to effectively troubleshoot system issues, to reduce the impact on the pharmacy service and users. Support the IT Pharmacy Systems Manager with operational management of key pharmacy systems through troubleshooting system issues, actioning system information updates / amendments as allocated by the IT Systems Manager. Be a point of contact for system issues in the absence of the Pharmacy IT Systems Manager, including for issues relating to certain IT systems within CW Medicines Ltd. Be a BD Rowa VMax superuser and respond to robot alarms and issues. Action new drug and cost centre addition and amendment forms. Provide support for systems upgrades and associated testing as requested by Pharmacy IT Systems Manager. Contribute to ensuring routine and regular checks and housekeeping are performed on defined systems by completing assigned checks. Liaise with system suppliers to report issues with systems and work in conjunction with suppliers to troubleshoot and resolve issues, with minimal impact on users and business continuity. Support the implementation of pharmacy IM&T developments and innovation by completing project actions as defined by the Pharmacy IT Systems Manager. Assist with the writing, updating and checking of IM&T associated policies and procedures. Finance and resource Responsible for ensuring that the Trust is reimbursed by obtaining compensation for off contract purchases when contracted suppliers are unable to supply, under the Department of Health (DofH) Medicines Procurement Supply Chain (MPSC) terms and conditions (cross site). This will require strong negotiation and persuasive skills and require ongoing follow up. Responsible for maintaining accurate records of successful and outstanding claims (cross site). Responsible for maintaining accurate records of the Trusts contract variance purchases via EXEND+ (cross site). Analyse data held within EXEND+ to support better procurement, driving savings (cross site). Produce and present reports as required to the Trust Medicines Optimisation Group. Accurately produce monthly drug expenditure reports and send to key pharmacy and finance staff on time. Assist with the production and analysis of the monthly drug expenditure report and cover the task in the absence of the Pharmacy IT systems Manager. Produce basic reports from pharmacy systems on request and where applicable, using Crystal Reports. Work with the Pharmacy Buying Office and Distribution Manager to ensure contracts are implemented on time and all systems are updated accordingly. Establish and maintain a system for monitoring pharmacy maintenance contract provided by other companies to ensure they are renewed where appropriate on time associated paperwork is filed. Staff Management Line manage Buying Office and Distribution Manager. Be responsible for the appraisal and development review for all staff line managed and deal with any disciplinary or performance issues as necessary. Ensure Trust policies on recruitment, sickness absence, equal opportunities, Health and Safety and other national legislation are followed and understood by staff. Education and Training Provide training to new users on defined pharmacy systems. Other Responsibilities Any other duties as reasonably required by the Chief Pharmacist.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page. The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.