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The Procurement team at AGH have an exciting opportunity within their team, working as a buyer. This role will be supporting the senior team deliver specific strategic targets and will involve problem solving, covering annual leave and periods of absence and learning new skills, such as logistics, inventory management, catalogue management and project management.

The team pride themselves on providing excellent customer service and aspire to be the best they can, contributing to the best possible service for patients and users within the hospital and community. AGHS are searching for an individual who is enthusiastic, confident and has good analytical, negotiation and communication skills, and is computer literate on everyday software systems and has an interest in emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence.

This position is not currently eligible for a certificate of sponsorship in line with Home Office guidance as it does not appear on the skilled worker visa occupation list.

 If you currently hold a different type of visa allowing you to work in the UK we would welcome an application from you. If your visa expires or there is a change in status during your employment, the Trust will be required to review your employment which may result in the termination of your employment to comply with the relevant immigration legislation

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

Providing a high-quality professional Procurement service to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust and other partners ensuring compliance with legislation, national and local policies.

Promoting across both Trust Boards, supports the Senior Buyer with all strategic procurement issues with a view to maximising the savings potential across the patch with more efficient and effective purchasing arrangements with a contribution to both Trust’s non-pay expenditure.

Supports the Senior Buyer with the development of the purchasing team, specifically by:

Increasing purchasing coverage to all key areas of non-pay spend 

Working with Managers/Budget Holders in the identification of savings opportunities monitoring and reporting progress as required.

Promoting the strategic direction of the purchasing team by attendance and participation in service-wide key working groups.

Supports the Senior Buyer by focussing effort towards reducing clinical risk by developing future product standardisation and adopting formal category management approach with purchasing expertise over specialist commodity knowledge.

Deliver and manage a range of healthcare related procurement activity increasing procurement influence, securing recurring financial savings by examining the non-traditional areas of non-pay spend which have been traditionally assessed as being uninfluenceable spend.

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