Job summary
- Main area
- Purchasing and Supplies
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- Job ref
- 190-0742-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 pa/ pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Materials Management Officer
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
A vacancy has arisen for a Materials Management Officer, based within the Procurement Department. The post-holders will be employed and managed by Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will be required to provide an efficient, cost effective, timely and courteous Materials Management service to Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Sheffield Children’s NHS Trust. They will also manage the day to day Materials Management Service for dedicated allocated areas within the Trusts. The posts cover a range of tasks, which require the exercise of initiative.
Main duties of the job
Operating within broad procedural guidelines and working to timetables the objective for this post holder is to ensure timely and effectively managed stock systems at Ward and Departmental level. A high degree of independent judgement is required as much of the working day is spent at ward level working on own initiative.
The post holder will undertake regular stock reviews with the appointed ward/ departmental lead, Supply Chain evaluations, using system based reports, product rationalisation and cost effective initiatives, in line with Procurement Departments procedures and protocol working at all times, and demonstrating good awareness of, the Trusts statutory policies. This role is constantly developing in line with Materials Management initiatives. A high degree of mental agility is required to perform this role.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
The Procurement department provides procurement and supply chain services to the Trust. The department’s procurement teams take responsibility for developing strategies to meet the procurement needs of individual directorates and the Trust as a whole, and for delivering measurable savings from revenue expenditure in line with the Trust’s formal Savings Plan.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Prepared to undertake training in Procurement/Logistics
- Good keyboard Skills
- Computer literate using Microsoft applications
- NVQ Level 3 or similar or be willing to work towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of using IT systems
- Experience within a Customer Services environment or similar environment
- Full UK Driving Licence
Desirable criteria
- Working knowledge of a recognised Electronic Materials Management systems
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Scott Webster
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Logistics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01142267037
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