Enterprise Architect

Salary: £79,719 potential to rise to £93,787 over 3 years

NHS Supply Chain is dedicated to delivering high-quality, cost-effective supply chain solutions that support the NHS in providing exceptional patient care. We are seeking a dynamic Enterprise Architect to join our team, focusing on business issues and driving strategic improvements across our organisation. As an Enterprise Architect, you will play a pivotal role in aligning our organisational strategies with business objectives. Your primary focus will be on identifying and addressing business challenges, optimizing processes, and ensuring that our organisation is efficient, resilient, and adaptable to changing demands.

Every day you will

• Collaborate with senior leadership to align strategies with overall business goals and objectives.
• Develop detailed implementation roadmaps, allocate resources, and monitor progress to ensure that strategies are effectively executed.
• Analyse and improve existing business processes to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve service delivery.
• Work closely with various stakeholders, including suppliers, healthcare providers, and internal teams, to understand their needs and ensure seamless integration of solutions.
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the effectiveness of supply chain initiatives and drive continuous improvement.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and best practices and apply innovative solutions to address business challenges.

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?

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in supply chain management, with at least 5 years in an enterprise architecture role.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities, and a proven track record of driving business improvements.
• In-depth understanding of supply chain principles, risk management, and business process optimization. Must be TOGAF 10 or BIZBOK Certified.

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 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 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.