Senior Commercial & Procurement Manager for Estates & Facilities

Job summary

Closing Date: 16.10.26

Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 19.10.26

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 26.10.26

The Senior Commercial & Procurement Manager for Estates & Facilities (SCPM) is a key role within the Trust's Corporate Procurement Service and will provide Estates & Facilities category expertise supporting the Senior Procurement team in ensuring compliance with the Procurement Legislation and Standing Financial Instructions, securing Value for Money and achieving financial savings through tendering, supply chain optimisation and supplier relationship management.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will create, implement and maintain an Estates and Facilities category strategy to ensure that cost-effective purchasing/ contracts work programme is developed and maintained to achieve key objectives, target savings and achieving value for money. This will include the direct provision and development of a cost-effective purchasing/ contracts work programme.

The post holder will support negotiations on contract extensions, variations and renewals andcontribute to the development of the Trust's corporate policies and strategies.

They will also support the management and resolution of contractual disputes.

About us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Job responsibilities

For full details of the job description including primary duties and areas of responsibility , please refer to the attached Job Description.

Full details of both the Essential and Desirable criteria needed for the role are contained in the attached Person Specification.

Person specification

Experience

Essential

• In depth understanding of procurement in large complex organisations including the full supply chain aspects of demand management, sourcing and purchasing,
• Significant Experience of strategic sourcing, end to end tendering and contracting of complex procurement processes
• Significant Experience of interpreting and applying the Public Procurement Legislation.
• Experience of NHS Procurement with demonstrable achievements of high value and complex programmes
• Previous experience of staff management
• Experience in working in a health service environment
• In-depth experience of strategic procurement across categories such as the Estates and Facilities, Clinical, Non-Clinical, Capital and Data/Systems Categories
• Understanding Purchase 2 Pay (P2P) and invoice processes
• Extensive knowledge of developing specifications, drafting contracts, carrying out tender exercises and managing contracts post award

Desirable

• Experience of material management and delivery and distribution
• Experience of delivering procurement under the Estates and Facilities category including Works

Skills

Essential

• Able to us own initiative in dealing with complex issues, and the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines including multi-tasking.
• Flexible approach to work

Desirable

• Project Management Experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Office packages including, Excel, Word and Access
• Oracle Purchasing system / e-Procurement (e.g. Oracle), e-tendering (e.g. Atamis)
• Understand key and specialist elements of procurement / supply chain methodologies and associated UK and European law.
• Knowledge of the Health Sector and Public Sector Procurement, NHS procurement landscape
• Understanding of key finance concepts and models in the procurement and commercial contracting context

Desirable

• Medical product knowledge and understanding of the supply market dynamics

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline*
• Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Chain (CIPS) *
• Postgraduate Qualification: NVQ Level 7 *