Job Title: Services Contracts & Reconciliation Specialist Function: Commercial Location: Leeds, Sheffield Contract type: Fixed Term / Secondment – 12 months Salary: £35,627 per annum Closing Date: 12th November 2024 We have a great opportunity for a Services Contracts and Reconciliation Specailist within our Diagnostics team. Working closely with the Services Team, key suppliers and customers across the NHS – ensuring Service contracts are reconciled across the life of the contract. Act as a conduit between Customers and Suppliers, supporting the Category Managers to deal with any mid-contract queries and in turn providing excellent customer service to all parties to generate market share growth through the framework. Every day you will … Deliver required outcomes by coordinating activities of subcontractors and Suppliers and acting as a primary point of contact for them while working within an established contract management plan. Collate and analyse data using present tools, methods and formats. Involves working independently. Organise and prepare complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices, such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarising data for special reports. Contribute to the preparation of various data and analytics reports. Maintain accurate records, case notes, and case files, in accordance with defined requirements and procedures, to ensure that information is accessible and auditable. Contribute to reviewing existing operations in own area of work and assist in identifying improvements. 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, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely. We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleagues awards. 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days. We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential. A focus on your well-being offering 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, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you. 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community. Access to many 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 a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales. We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 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 Excel at an advanced level. Experience within Reconciliation. Can demonstrate experience communicating and collaborating with other teams. Can demonstrate working positively with external suppliers. Ideally previous experience within a commercial environment. Develops and delivers communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. For example, listens attentively and takes an interest. Keeps others well informed; conveys information clearly, concisely, and professionally when speaking or writing. Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. For example, finds many ways to add value to the team; probes to draw out richer input from others; is a valued resource who goes out of the way to help others. Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on analysing data from multiple sources to draw appropriate conclusions and make suitable recommendations. Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas, requesting actions and formulating plans or policies. Communicates with other people without requiring supervision and provides technical guidance when required on speaking in a clear, concise, and compelling manner. 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 Careerssupplychain.nhs.uk Our Inclusive Commitment At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but 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. Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at careerssupplychain.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. SCCL is a company Registered in England and Wales, with company number 10881715, to act as the management function of the NHS Supply Chain. Other details Job Family Diagnostics, Equipment & Services Pay Type Salary