Procurement Lead
Duration: Temporary (6 months)
Location: Shropshire
Hours: Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm, flexibility if needed, 37.5 hours.
Salary: £325 per day Umbrella
Hybrid: Two days on-site per week.
An opening has arisen for a Procurement Lead on a temporary 6 month contract within the NHS in Shropshire. This position will require candidates with a strong procurement background and an understanding of Public Procurement rules.
The successful candidate will have experience in a similar position and be responsible for:
- Deliver a strategic procurement service for customers and contribute significantly to the delivery of allocated procurement projects within key markets, ensuring contract compliance, sustainable cost improvements, and a range of benefits across the region.
- Contribute to the achievement of targets in a challenging environment through the delivery of cost and efficiency savings by analysing current spend across a range of customer and categories to support the development of procurement strategies.
- Ensure contract compliance, and excellence through the implementation of efficient and effective procurement projects.
- Provide specialist market and procurement knowledge to customers.
- Assist in the delivery of the annual work plan ensuring performance to key milestones and agreed key performance indicators are achieved.
- Assisting consultants and surgeons in their equipment needs and helping procure for the surgical department.
The successful candidate will have:
- Experience in a similar role.
- An understanding of the Public Sector.
- Desirable experience in Surgical Procurement or dealing with consultants/surgeons.
To discuss this role in more detail and to secure this opportunity, please contact Namaan Zubair or Tom Brown on 0121 616 0660 or alternatively email Nzubair@venngroup.com
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