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243993 Assistant Procurement Manager
The purpose of this post:
Business Assurance
- Manage and develop the Business Assurance Agenda across the commodity to include; Value-add, Sustainability, Equality & Diversity, Information Governance, Quality and Business Excellence, Benchmarking, Staff Governance, Emergency Planning and Business Continuity.
- Monitor and advise the Senior Management Team of progress, improvements, and associated business plans to ensure the Business Assurance objectives are delivered.
Commodity Team Leader
- To assist the Deputy Head of Procurement & Commodity Manager in the execution of a comprehensive procurement service to NHS Lothian, with a particular emphasis on developing Business Assurance systems to optimise savings, ensure a robust inbound supply chain and other value dividends through business improvement and governance.
- To develop associated Planning and Management Information systems that clearly link commodity strategy to commodity spend and which have predictive modelling capability.
- To govern the implementation of National Procurement (NP) contracts, ensuring compliance and delivery of savings.
- To manage all tendering activity in a fully compliant manner.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Roberta.Rockaite@nhs.scot / Fraser.Murray@nhs.scot
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