Strategic IT Procurement Manager

To lead commercial strategy development in IT for areas of non-pay spend. Manage the team responsible for delivery of the strategy to ensure successful delivery. To take responsibility for negotiating high-value tenders and contracts for goods and services, achieving the most advantageous outcomes for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Sheffield Children’s Hospital Trusts.

To lead on national, and regional South Yorkshire wide procurement initiatives. To operate effective information systems to ensure accessibility of data that adds value to decision making. To achieve efficiency targets in line with the Trusts formal Cost Improvement Plans.

To take responsibility for the management of senior supplier relationships and contracts and building collaborative relationships to deliver positive outcomes for the Trust. To take responsibility for managing commercial risk in the areas of responsibility. To deputise for the Head of Corporate Procurement.

To lead commercial strategy development in IT for areas of non-pay spend. Manage the team responsible for delivery of the strategy to ensure successful delivery.

To take responsibility for negotiating high-value tenders and contracts for goods and services, achieving the most advantageous outcomes for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Sheffield Children’s Hospital Trusts.

To lead on national, and regional South Yorkshire wide procurement initiatives. To operate effective information systems to ensure accessibility of data that adds value to decision making.

To achieve efficiency targets in line with the Trusts formal Cost Improvement Plans.

To take responsibility for the management of senior supplier relationships and contracts and building collaborative relationships to deliver positive outcomes for the Trust.

To take responsibility for managing commercial risk in the areas of responsibility. To deputise for the Head of Corporate Procurement.

STH Procurement and Logistics team provide a procurement service to the 5 hospital sites in Sheffield including Northern General, Hallamshire, Jessops, Weston Park and Charles Clifford. We also provide a full Procurement service to Sheffield Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust.

We are currently hybrid working with a minimum of 1 day per week office attendance required at our offices at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield, though it is highly likely that you will want to attend site more than this at the start of your role whilst you become embedded.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STH) is one of the UK’s biggest providers of integrated hospital and community-based healthcare, providing a comprehensive range of local and tertiary services to the residents of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Mid Yorkshire and North Derbyshire and also some highly specialist services to all parts of England.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Needham Job title: Head of Corporate Procurement Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 07984411910