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Materials Manager

Materials Manager

Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital | Procurement | Permanent | Full time

Up to £40,000 per annum, depending on experience

37.5 hours per week

Nuffield Health is passionate about taking care of the nation’s wellbeing. As the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity, we offer our people the chance to take on a role with greater impact. In return, we offer a fantastic range of lifestyle and wellbeing rewards that are designed to suit you. 

Essential Criteria

• Inventory management

• Procure to Pay management

• Invoice management

• Invoice reconciliation 

• Experience of CRM and Excel

Desirable Criteria

• Materials/Supplies department experience in healthcare setting

• Experience of leading a team

As a Materials Manager, you will provide leadership and management oversight & support to the daily operations of Nuffield Health Hospital Bournemouth. As the leader within your team, you will serve as the key link between the Central supply chain and the hospital leadership teams, providing effective communication internally, across the hospital and within your department.

The Materials Manager, will lead the on-site supply chain department/s including inventory management, vendor relationship management, and managing supply expenses. In addition, you would be responsible for implementation of best practice and continuous improvement across the Hospital.

As a Materials Manager, your key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead, motivate, supervise, and train the team within the Materials departments at Nuffield Health Bournemouth

• Ensure effective people management including recruitment, development, deployment, performance review, absence management, disciplinary/grievance procedures and overall accountability of the team

• Ensure departmental meetings take place and ensure all relevant communication is cascaded effectively

• Develop the department with accountability for achieving cost management KPI’s

• Ensure the achievement of Nuffield Health objectives i.e. target inventory levels / stock days / loan kit

• Ensure all audits / reviews of the department and its performance are undertaken and recorded and action is taken in a prompt manner to address any issues raised

• Consult and meet regularly with departments to discuss any necessary changes due to developments in clinical practice, as well as the wider supply chain

• Cost reduction and efficiency improvements are implemented and supported

• Ensure timely and accurate invoice investigations and resolutions

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital.

At Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital we aim to provide the highest level of private healthcare, offering a wide range of first-class medical and surgical services. We also attract many of Dorset's leading consultant surgeons and physicians. Our hospital is conveniently located close to Bournemouth's town centre on Lansdowne Road. We offer the very latest medical facilities and technology, including state of the art diagnostic equipment. We have a special focus in the areas of orthopaedics, cosmetic surgery, diagnostic scanning, and men's/women's health.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.

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