Job Description

"The Head of Commercial Procurement Logistics and Supplies role will lead the Commercial Procurement Logistics and Supplies team and will support all teams within the Commercial Procurement Services function and Trust by leading with the efficient and effective sourcing, receipting, storage/warehousing, logistical distribution management, replenishment inventory management of clinical supplies and consumables and non-clinical products across all BHRUT sites and across North East London (NEL); using manual/physical, automated and vehicular systems and processes in parallel to using Just In Time (JIT) methodology.

The post holder will support the Director of Commercial Procurement Services with key commercial procurement logistics and supplies related deliverables, as well as supporting key operational and strategic procurement logistics and supplies initiatives across North East London (NEL).

Other key duties will include the management of strategic suppliers related to commercial logistics and supplies operations to maximise operational performance, whilst minimising risk and reducing costs in order to improve the overall financial and operational performance of BHRUT. This will include managing contracts of significant value and complexity, including the Trust's Automated Inventory Management System (AIMS), Taxi Services contract, key warehouse equipment contracts and vehicle leasing and maintenance contracts of significant value and complexity."



Support the Director of Commercial Procurement Services and the Associate Director of Commercial Procurement Supply Chain Operations and Transformation to manage an effective end to end commercial procurement logistics and supplies service, including receipting, storage/warehousing and distribution management (both manual and using vehicular technologies (e.g. cars, vans and heavy goods lifting machinery) of key clinical supplies across the Trust and NEL, managing clinical ordering and replenishment, inventory management via AIMS and management of key internal/external partner relationships.



A key part of this role will be to manage a commercial procurement logistics and supplies service and team (Trust and/or NEL, as requirements dictate) that ensures the right product is sourced at the right time, received, stored and distributed at the right time and provided to the right stakeholder in the right place, to deliver an effective and timely procurement logistics and supplies service that delivers safe and excellent patient care outcomes.



We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.



We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the 35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.



Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.



These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.



The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.



We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.



For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed and Person Specification.



The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.



Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.



All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.



Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Paul Awosika, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5989. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.