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This is a challenging opportunity to help harness the buying power of more than £2.5 billion spent each year across the NHS in Scotland. PCF, the Procurement Centre of Expertise for Health, works in collaboration with health boards to ensure the highest level of patient care through the provision of a wide range of goods and services via a series of best value National Contracts and Distribution Services.
Working within the Medical Equipment portfolio the post holder is responsible for leading and managing the delivery of specific elements of work including discreet projects and contracts in support of the overall aims of the organisation. The post holder is responsible for assisting the Commodity Manager in the understanding of customer needs, using procurement skills and specialised product knowledge to provide excellent product choice and quality whilst contributing to the Strategic Sourcing programme targets and ensuring PCF provides a service which delivers best value and reflects best procurement practice. The core part of the work will involve complex capital equipment and machine procurement using formal public tendering processes.
The candidate should be educated to degree level or have significant demonstrable experience meeting key results in a similar organisational setting also should be working toward membership of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing And Supply (MCIPS) or equivalent.
Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits.
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Kate Henderson on 0131 275 6380 or Kenny Rees on 01698 794533
Further information on NSS is available from: www.nhsnss.org
Closing date for completed applications is 6th December 2019.
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).
NHS National Services Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies