Carrwood Park, Selby Rd, Leeds LS15 4LG, UK Req #1039
06 December 2024
Job Title: Procurement Assistant
Function: Commercial
Location: Leeds - Hybrid working 2 days a week.
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £27,500 with potential to rise to £30,555 over 3 years
Closing Date: Monday 27th January 2025
We have a great opportunity for a Procurement Assistant within our Medical and Technologies team.
Every day you will …
* Manage and action requests and queries from customers, customer engagement teams, and internal colleagues through the Diagnostics mailbox.
* Facilitate customer complaints for Diagnostics, including updating the Navex system and meeting deadlines for containment and investigation. Work closely with the patient safety and customer services team and attend monthly meetings.
* Support operational reporting and analysis and other requests that come into the team. Learn Power BI and data analysis tools such as Alteryx.
* Support the Diagnostics Leadership team with various admin requests and responsibilities.
What can we offer you?
We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work, so we offer much more than a competitive salary:
* Hybrid working opportunities for flexible collaboration in the office and remotely.
* Annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleague awards to recognize hard work and contributions.
* 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
* In-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximize your potential.
* 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
* Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%).
* Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme for various benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions.
* 2 days of paid volunteering leave to give back to your community.
* Access to discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.
NHS Supply Chain, who are we?
Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are part of the NHS family, sourcing, delivering, and supplying healthcare products, services, and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organizations across England and Wales.
We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centers, managing relationships with over a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to over 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.
What skills will help you thrive in this role?
* Experience working with Microsoft Office.
* Working towards or completed level 3/4 CIPS.
* Ideally, previous experience within an Administration role.
* Ability to develop and deliver communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
* Build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
* Work without supervision and provide technical guidance when required on analyzing data from multiple sources.
* Use clear and effective verbal communication skills without supervision.
Want to develop your career with the NHS Supply Chain? Then apply below or reach out for an informal discussion about the role in confidence by emailing us at Careers@supplychain.nhs.uk
Our Inclusive Commitment
At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is valued and celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.
If you are struggling to complete our application form and require additional support, reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@supplychain.nhs.uk who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.
We reserve the right to close any vacancy from further submissions when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
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