Head of Supply Chain Management inNational inNational PUBLISHED
SAT 16 NOV 2024
NHS England r3l7347B
The role entails regular collaboration with trusts and design teams to validate demand plans, overseeing the preparation of supply/demand reviews, and driving operational process improvements. Additionally, the Head of Supply Chain Management will lead and develop a team that may consist of internal employees and external partners, thereby contributing to the overall success of the New Hospital Programme. Candidates are encouraged to apply promptly, as the position may close early due to high application volumes.
We are in the process of establishing long-term capability to deliver the New Hospital Programme - the 3rd largest programme on the Government's Major Projects Portfolio enabling the delivery of NHS's Health Infrastructure Plan.
The Head of Supply Chain Management role works within the Strategy and Planning team who focus on leading the Integrated Supply Chain Planning process and develop and maintain the Supply Chain and Logistics strategy. The goal is to align Strategy, Design and Commercial and Supply decisions with the overall H2.0 strategy and system, ensuring cost efficiency, quality, on time delivery and supplier performance across category, commodity, digital and regional level.
The Demand and Supply Planning team engages with the customers and supply chains to manage the aggregation of supply / demand into a master plan to support scenario modelling activities.
The role will take ownership of the preparation of the monthly and weekly demand and supply plans and reviews,whichinclude
- Engagement with trusts and design teams to capture and validate low, operational and high demand plans.
- Managing the aggregation of supply / demand plans from multiple interfaces into a master plan
- The preparation of supply / demand review sessions, incorporating both Bottom Up and Top-Down validation, checks and balances
- Leading weekly engagement sessions with customers to monitor performance to plan and obtain insights that may influence future demand
- Tracking, maintenance and visualisation of a wide range of supply, inventory and demand data and information
- The interpretation and risk assessment of changes to the supply / demand plans and other influences
- Development and management of operational process improvements
- Supportingthe creation and maintenance of demand and supply modelling scenarios
The role will lead and develop a team with a potential mix of NHP employees and Programme Delivery Partner (PDP) support, and create a wider network of those. This team will deliver against the NHP Strategy, working closely with the Modelling and interventions team within the wider strategy and planning team.
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You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
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