Contracts Manager (Band 6) - Procurement - University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Royal Stoke

Town: Stoke on Trent

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 22/04/2025 23:59

Contracts Manager

Band 6

Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join the Supplies and Procurement North Midlands and Black Country Procurement Group (NMBC) at The University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) has arisen. We are seeking to recruit a forward-thinking, ambitious, and commercially astute Contracts Manager to join our busy and evolving team.

The NMBC is responsible for all aspects of Procurement, Supply Chain, and wider Commercial support to various organisations covering a range of Acute, Mental Health, Community, Pathology Networks, GP Practices, and Commissioning Support Units across the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, Black Country, Shropshire, and South Cheshire Integrated Care System (ICS’s). With almost 200 staff, 55,000 customers, and managing a total non-pay spend portfolio of over £1.2b per annum, the NMBC is one of the largest and most influential Group Procurement Organisations (GPO’s) in the NHS.

Main duties of the job

This post sits in the Strategic Procurement team and is based at the UHNM Royal Stoke University Hospital site, reporting to the Senior Strategic Procurement Manager within the NMBC. The role is directly responsible for the management of a portfolio of contracts and specific categories within the Procurement portfolio to meet the needs of the Trust's strategy and customer base requirements. The post holder will ensure best value for money at all times while ensuring compliance with EU Procurement Legislation, UK Law, and the Trust's Standing Financial Instructions.

The Contracts Manager will lead and support the procurement of several commodities for the Trust and its partners. This post will be integral in supporting the Department in the delivery of the Trust's Procurement objectives.

Please note, there may at times be some requirement for the successful post-holder to travel between sites in Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Wolverhampton, or Walsall.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and are highly regarded for our facilities, teaching, and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000-strong workforce provides emergency treatment, planned operations, and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work, and research.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance, including full-time, part-time hours, and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can, and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We reserve the right to close the advert earlier than the stated date.

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• Qualified to CIPS NVQ Level 4 or equivalent CIPS knowledge and/or experience which can be demonstrated using experience and knowledge OR Procurement or business-related degree or equivalent skills and abilities which can be demonstrated using experience and knowledge.
• Management or Leadership qualification.

Experience

Skills, ability and knowledge

Personal Qualities

Important information about your application

• All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
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• We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith, or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
• Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.

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If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help.

At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles; on this occasion, we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!

If you obtained your qualifications overseas, you will be required to provide an official government translation through ECCTIS (formerly known as NARIC). Please note, this is in addition to any professional registration requirements and not a replacement for your qualifications.

If you are currently in the UK on a visa, you must have at least six months remaining on your visa at the time of application to ensure sufficient time for the recruitment and training process associated with the role. The requirement of at least six months remaining on your visa does not apply to a Skilled Worker Visa, as a new Skilled Worker Visa would be required for a new role.