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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Manage and develop the Business Assurance Agenda across the commodity to include; Value-add, Sustainability, Equality & Diversity, Information Governance, Quality and Business Excellence, Benchmarking, Staff Governance, Emergency Planning and Business Continuity.
Monitor and advise the Senior Management Team of progress, improvements, and associated business plans to ensure the Business Assurance objectives are delivered.
To assist the Deputy Head of Procurement & Commodity Manager in the execution of a comprehensive procurement service to NHS Lothian, with a particular emphasis on developing Business Assurance systems to optimise savings, ensure a robust inbound supply chain and other value dividends through business improvement and governance.
To develop associated Planning and Management Information systems that clearly link commodity strategy to commodity spend and which have predictive modelling capability.
To govern the implementation of National Procurement (NP) contracts, ensuring compliance and delivery of savings.
To manage all tendering activity in a fully compliant manner
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Paul Rogers on 07890 554750 or at paul.rogers@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk