About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

The Strategic Procurement Officer will be expected to manage an agreed work plan of procurements and contract implementations, providing detailed progress reports on the procurement strategies and implementation plans at relevant forums. A key element of the role will involve identifying savings opportunities and turning them into realisable savings, requiring a high level of interface with key stakeholders and end users to understand their requirements, quantify needs and ensure that appropriate clinical and technical advice has been sought. In addition, areas of process redesign are expected to be identified to relevant stakeholders.

Please note this is a fixed term post for 12 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

In this key role, you will:

• Provide professional expertise and guidance to end users to meet business needs, ensuring that the Procurement service maintains the technical and commercial competencies required through appropriate training and development in order to maximise efficiency and deliver the service levels required to ensure the quality and continuity of service to stakeholders.
• Participate in formulating local, regional and national procurement strategies and prepare and present detailed progress reports on the commodity strategies and implementation plans.
• Influence development and review of Procurement policies, procedures and plans within budgetary constraints to ensure that contracts and services are provided in an efficient, cost effective manner ensuring delivery of services which add value and reflect best purchasing practices.
• Take a leading role in developing and implementing specialist price and quality performance monitoring techniques and procedures including benchmarking, commodity profiling and benefits tracking to ensure compliance with policies, procedures, compliance with contracts and validation of savings.

What You'll Bring:

• Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent i.e. Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (MCIPS) or Scottish Vocational Qualification Level 4, (SVQ4) and or specialist knowledge acquired through continual education and training.
• Project Management skills, Negotiation skills and literate in modern IT systems to provide analysis of information and presentations to senior managers.
• Posses Procurement and Business knowledge, have understanding of Standing Financial Instructions and have purchasing and or contract experience
• Knowledge of VAT treatment principles and Public Procurement Legislation

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Yvonne Ward, Deputy General Manager Procurement on Yvonne.Ward@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator on Lynn.Deas@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application

You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

This advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply early.