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NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde is the largest Health Board in Scotland and has a trade spend with third party suppliers of approximately £760m with the Procurement Department providing a comprehensive procurement and logistics service for all Health Board functions. We have a Senior Buyer role available within our newly created Sustainability & Value team which is taking forward a programme of activities to supplement the work of the commercial team. The Senior Buyer will work with a Senior Project Manager to lead on projects to analyse and pursue procurement savings beyond the regular commercial workplan. This may include, but would not be limited to, initiatives to standardise and rationalise product choice, analyse areas of non-contract spend and work with colleagues at National Procurement on national stock efficiency opportunities. On some occasions this may require regulated procurement activity to be undertaken to realise these opportunities. We are seeking candidates who are educated to degree level or equivalent and preferably hold at least CIPS Diploma (Level 4) or equivalent, are proficient in the field of procurement and purchasing and within a large scale, multi-disciplinary environment and have the ability to communicate complex, contentious and sensitive information to a large group in an often emotive atmospheres in different environments. Experience of Health / NHS Procurement and use of Business Objects (or similar) reporting tools is desirable.
Informal Contact: Chris Sanderson, Head of Procurement, Tel No: 07929711588
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