Junior Buyer inGillingham inGillingham PUBLISHED FRI 15 NOV 2024

Band 2 PERMANENT
NHS

Medway NHS Foundation Trust r4SHtV4X

Opportunities for professional growth within a supportive environment focused on strategic services.

Engagement with diverse suppliers and products, enhancing procurement skills and market knowledge.

Contribution to the healthcare sector, making a direct impact on patient care by ensuring necessary resources are available.

Collaboration with various departments, promoting teamwork and enhancing communication skills.

Competitive salary and benefits package, including potential for career advancement within the NHS framework.

A commitment to inclusion and diversity within the workplace, ensuring a respectful and supportive environment for all employees.

The Junior Buyer role at Medway NHS Foundation Trust in Gillingham is focused on supporting the strategic services team with procurement processes, including managing electronic requisitions, handling supplier and customer inquiries, and addressing invoice discrepancies. The position involves providing first-line support for procurement systems, assisting in the onboarding of new suppliers, and maintaining existing supplier information.

The Junior Buyer will also engage with suppliers regarding pricing and delivery, support the receipting of goods to facilitate accurate invoice payments, and help the procurement team manage contract documentation. This role demands alignment with the Trust's values, emphasizing boldness, inclusivity, and collaboration. Prospective candidates who share the Trust's commitment to delivering quality care and enhancing their procurement processes are encouraged to apply.

Junior Buyer

Division: Corporate

Care Group: Finance

Band: 2

Salary: £23,615 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: Thursday 5th December 2024

We are recruiting for a Junior Buyer who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

To support the strategic services team in the processing of electronic requisitions requiring procurement intervention, handling supplier and customer enquiries, dealing with invoice mismatches for the payments team.

Provide first line support for users of procurement systems on how to raise a requisition. Assist with setting up new suppliers and amending existing supplier details, referring to senior manager for guidance when required.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

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To provide support to the Buyers with pricing agreements and sourcing products and suppliers.

To support end users and the Stores team with receipting goods to enable a 3 way match and invoice payment.

Engage with suppliers to check and maintain product and service pricing as well as obtaining delivery dates.

Support the procurement team with saving and uploading contract and project paperwork in the shared drive and procurement system.

Collect and update the procurement departments KPI information to enable management to report monthly to the departments and Board.

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