Deputy Director of Procurement-BCPS and Mental Health

The North Midlands and Black Country Procurement Group (NMBC) iscomprised of The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM), The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT), Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust (WHT), The Black Country Pathology Services (BCPS), North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT),Black Country Healthcare Foundation Trust (BCHFT), Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) and Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU)., This post leads the BCPS, BCH, Capital and NSCHT teams and is based at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, New Cross site, reporting to the Group Director of Procurement within the NMBC. The role is directly responsible for Procurement delivery to the above organisations., Deputy Director of Procurement - BCPS, Capital, BCH and Mental Health will provide comprehensive support to the Group Procurement Director in delivering the Procurement function within the North Midlands and Black Country (NMBC) Procurement Group.

To act as a Deputy Director of Procurement for the NMBC. The post-holder will lead on and be responsible for line management of the Procurement Teams within both ICS footprints and will provide support to the Group Director of Procurement in ensuring that all elements of the ICS, NMBC and individual Trust level commercial contract management, are delivered. This will include, for example, the delivery of national commercial contract management objectives, regional and local CIP targets, workforce objectives and maintaining supply chain resilience across the Pan ICS NMBC footprint.

The Deputy Director of Procurement shall act as an ambassador and foster a highly professional and responsive client service approach; proactively build and sustain professional relationships and interface with other departments, Trusts and Executives / colleagues across the Stoke on Trent & Staffordshire and Black Country ICS's covered by the NMBC.

The NMBC is responsible for all aspects of Procurement, Supply Chain and wider Commercial support to the aforementioned 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 influential Group Procurement Organisations (GPO's) in the NHS., University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

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