Band 8D Associate Director of Commercial Procurement

Advanced Notice - Interview Date Friday 22nd November 2024 The Associate Director of Commercial Procurement - Supply Chain Operations and Transformation will be part of the senior management team within the Commercial Procurement Services Function, leading on behalf of the Director of Commercial Procurement Services with key logistics, supplies, P2P and supply chain transformation deliverables across the all teams within the Commercial Procurement Services team, as well as supporting and leading key operational and strategic Supply Chain Operations and Transformation initiatives across North East London (NEL). This is a key senior strategic delivery role for BHURT and the North East London (NEL) Integrated Care System (ICS) Procurement Collaborative and will support the Director of Commercial Procurement Services to assist with the strategic implementation of the BHRUT vision and strategy for Commercial Procurement, as approved by the Trust Board, with a specific focus on continuous
development, improvement and transformation across the entire spectrum of Commercial Procurement Supply Chain Operations and Transformation, as well as leading on all Commercial Procurement Supply Chain operational and strategic transformation related activities across the Commercial Procurement Services function., The Associate Director of Commercial Procurement - Supply Chain Operations and Transformation will be part of the senior management team within the Commercial Procurement Services Function, leading on behalf of the Director of Commercial Procurement Services with key logistics, supplies, P2P and supply chain transformation deliverables across the all teams within the Commercial Procurement Services team, as well as supporting and leading key operational and strategic Supply Chain Operations and Transformation initiatives across North East London (NEL).

We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.

Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.

Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.