Job Description
Job title
Purchasing manager – medical supplies (fixed term project)
Full time or part time
Hybrid (2 days in Office)
Job purpose
To optimise the procurement of medical supplies across clinics.
Job Context
The Dermatology Partnership was formed in 2018 with 3 clinics and over the last 5 years has grown to 7 dermatology clinics, each have a small administrative team supported by a central finance team based in Kirtlington. Our plan is to continue to grow by opening and acquiring further clinics.
Procurement of medical supplies has historically been carried out by individual clinics, and we wish to carry out a procurement project to improve and standardise the overall purchasing process and product list.
Project deliverables
- Collate data from various sources to create a database of all items purchased
- Cross reference between different suppliers and product codes to identify similar/same products, create a master catalogue of items currently purchased
- Analyse data and identify opportunities for consolidation or substitution of products across a reduced number of preferred suppliers
- Negotiate best deals from suppliers
- Engage with stakeholders to agree on best value products and suppliers
- Quantify savings achievable
- Implement standard purchasing catalogue
- Implement best practice purchasing and stock management processes across clinics to deliver identified savings
Skills and Qualifications
Experience of managing or implementing best practice procurement processes
Familiar with healthcare and purchasing medical supplies
Strong analytical skills to create and manipulate Excel data
Ability to engage with clinical colleagues to deliver required changes
What we offer
As well as the opportunity to join an exciting growing business, we offer a competitive salary, pension and 25 days paid leave, plus public holidays. We offer flexible working at our beautiful rural offices.
Why join our team
We recognise that this type of role is best performed within a supportive environment, which we guarantee to offer anyone joining our small multidisciplinary team based out at Park Farm, Kirtlington, Oxon.