Director of Procurement and Supply Chain

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the newly created Procurement and Supply Chain department here at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Reporting at executive level, you will provide professional leadership, delivering a strategy and business plan aligned to the Trust's 2025-2030 ambitions. You will drive the transformation of a new operating model, embedding strategic procurement, contract and supplier relationship management excellence, while working with Partners Procurement Services.

The role will focus on delivering Better Value savings, developing a resilient and innovative service, and implementing Inventory Management and Scan for Safety to improve patient care and operational performance.

Main duties of the job

• Continue to lead the transformation of procurement, ensuring the newly implemented procurement operating model delivers the expected benefits of increased savings, enhanced operational efficiency, greater compliance with SFIs and procurement legislation, and improved customer satisfaction with the procurement service.
• Continue to transform procurement from a reactive to a proactive and strategic function, ensuring an accurate contract register and a category management approach to spend.
• Champion and promote contract management best practices, acting as senior sponsor of the Contract Management Centre of Excellence and community of practice.
• Act as senior sponsor for the implementation of the Inventory Management System (IMS), which is ongoing and due for completion in June 2027.
• Evaluate, assess, and make recommendations at Trust board meetings, and sub committees of the board, whereby the Procurement Director will be required to advise and influence Board and Executive team members in relation to various compliance and governance issues as required.
• Ensure compliance with governance requirements for approval of contracts above £2.5M
• Lead a team of procurement specialists, establishing a proactive and strategic procurement function recognised across the Trust for its expertise and added value.
• Drive value for money through effective competition and robust compliance with procurement legislation and regulatory requirements.

About us

We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job through a fair, open and consistent process that is free from bias and discrimination.

We are working towards becoming an anti-racist organisation. This means creating a workplace where every colleague feels seen, heard and valued, and where racism in any form has no place. Our anti-racism commitment is backed by action through our Anti-Racism Statement and action plan, developed in collaboration with our REACH staff network.

We actively challenge discrimination, dismantle barriers and embed equity across all aspects of our workforce, including recruitment, progression and development. All applicants will receive equal consideration regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, health condition or employment history.

We particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, people with disabilities or long-term health conditions, and LGBTQ+ community members. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

Our staff networks, including REACH, PRIDE, ENABLED and Women's Networks, are active and executive supported. These employee-led networks play a vital role in shaping an inclusive culture at GOSH and are open to all colleagues.

Together, we are building a culture where inclusion is not optional - it is essential.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Culture and Values

Essential

• Our Always values
• Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
• Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
• Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential

• Master's degree or equivalent demonstrable experience
• MCIPS or significant experience of leading procurement and supply chain issues
• Management or Leadership qualification or significant experience of managing and leading a team and service

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

• Depth of leadership and transformation in Procurement and Supply Chain including experience of system implementation.
• In depth experience of procurement legislation and NHS and HMG procurement policies.
• In depth experience and fluency of digital solutions (including use of multiple systems and tools and demonstrable improvement through use) and ability to influence change with them
• Team development and leadership
• Proven experience in delivering savings, especially cash releasing ones
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Skills/Abilities

Essential

• Strong presentational and communication skills
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills. Expert in advanced negotiation, contract management and associated methods and techniques.
• Ability to work as a part of and lead a team
• Self-directed. Willing to take responsibility and be held accountable
• Ability to manage stressful situations sympathetically and in a supportive manner
• Highly motivated and innovative thinker with excellent leadership and inter-personal skills to help challenge and influence key decision makers. Expertly breaks down issues into understandable segments and remodels them to form sound decisive arguments.
• Relationship management; the ability to communicate and present clearly and concisely at all levels i.e. Executive and Non-Executive Directors, Senior Clinicians, Suppliers and providers of business solutions.
• Ability to have challenging and difficult conversations - for example communicating organisational change to employees or conversing about highly sensitive employment concerns.

Desirable

• Networking and persuasive skills
• Experienced "digital" leader, with experience of leading the implementation of electronic supply management, cataloguing and source to pay information systems.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Address

London

Great Ormond Street

London

WC1N3HZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)