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Commodity Manager – 1 post based in Edinburgh & 1 post based in Larkhall.
This is a challenging opportunity to help harness the buying power of more than £2.4 billion spent each year across the NHS in Scotland. National Procurement, 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.
Knowledgeable and experienced in strategic procurement you will take responsibility for a portfolio of commodities. You will implement National Procurement strategies, whilst managing supplier relationships to ensure the effective and on-going delivery of best value contracts. Using your procurement skills and acquired specialised product knowledge, you will provide customers with excellent product choice and quality whilst
contributing to the strategic sourcing programme targets. It is anticipated that the post will fill a vacancy responsible for the sourcing of both service and product commodities required by NHS Scotland. With this in mind we are particularly interested in candidates with knowledge and experience of procuring healthcare products and services.
The post holder should be educated to degree level in a relevant business discipline and hold, or be working toward, Membership of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS) or equivalent. Demonstrable experience of strategic sourcing and tendering is essential, including strategy development and supplier management. The post holder should also possess excellent communication and influencing skills.
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 Paul Hornby on 01698 794540 or Brian Roach on 0131 275 6720 or David Taggart on 01698 794530.
Further information on NSS is available from: www.nhsnss.org
Closing date for completed applications is 13th March 2020.
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