Senior Procurement Officer

Are you ready to take the next step in your procurement career and make a meaningful impact on healthcare services?

Synchronicity Care Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, is looking for an experienced and motivated Senior Procurement Officer to join our ambitious and forward-thinking

Procurement Team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering strategic procurement solutions that directly support the provision of high-quality healthcare services. Working across a diverse portfolio ofgoods and services, you will lead and manage end-to-end procurement projects,partnering with both clinical and non-clinical stakeholders to achieve outstanding outcomes.

As a Senior Procurement Officer, you will be instrumental in ensuring compliance with public sector procurement regulations, driving valuefor money, managing supplier relationships, and supporting service improvements that ultimately benefit patients and the wider community.

If you are passionate about procurement excellence and wantto contribute to an organisation that makes a genuine difference to people'slives, we'd love to hear from you.

We're looking for a proactive and experienced procurement professional with a strong track record in public sector procurement, including tendering, managing procurement projects, and developing strategic procurement plans.

In this influential role, you will lead the successful procurement of a diverse range of goods and services, working closely with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders to ensure value-driven solutions that directly support the delivery of exceptional patient care. You will manage complex procurement activities from inception to contract award, leading competitive tender exercises and maximising the use of framework agreements to achieve the best outcomes for the organisation.

As a key member of the Procurement Team, you will champion continuous improvement, helping to shape and enhance procurement policies,documentation, processes, and ways of working. Your expertise will drive best practice,innovation, compliance, and efficiency across the organisation.

Our organisation is a subsidiary of an NHS organisation andis currently awaiting UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval to be added under our parent organisation's Sponsor Licence. Until that approval has been granted, we are not authorised to issue Certificates of Sponsorship or sponsor applicants.

This is a legal and regulatory requirement, and we cannot proceed with sponsorship until UKVI has completed the approval process.

We regret any inconvenience this causes. Our decision isbased solely on our current regulatory position and is not related to yoursuitability for the role or any personal characteristic.

SCL is a wholly owned subsidiary of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT) set up to deliver a range of non-clinical services The company is a separate legal body to CDDFT.

SCL offers its own Terms and Conditions of employment which differ to the national NHS Terms and Conditions. As an employee in the company you will benefit from:

• Access to a pension scheme - National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) CDD Services will pay a 3% contribution (this is over and above the minimum contribution rate at the present time)
• Night Shift Working Allowances (where appropriate)
• Bank Holiday Working Allowances (where appropriate)

Bank work is offered on an 'as and when' basis with no guaranteed hours and will be paid on a pro-rata hourly rate for hours worked only

As a Senior Procurement Officer, you will play a pivotal role in delivering strategic procurement solutions that support the Trust'scommitment to outstanding patient care.…