Assistant Director of Estates Facilities & Professional Services

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Assistant Director of Estates Facilities & Professional Services

The closing date is 25 June 2025

This role plays a key part in implementing the NHS LPP vision & strategy, approved by the NHS LPP Steering Board, and in delivering the aspiration of the Board to become a world-class procurement partner of choice for the NHS and the wider public sector

Main duties of the job

This role is key to driving savings for our customers and developing a deep understanding of the suppliers and markets and how we can shape and influence these to the benefits of our members.

The category strategies and plans will be instrumental in supporting existing members and attracting new customers and maximising the uptake to NHS LPP contracts both regionally and nationally and so must be relevant and innovative.

The role will require an ability to work alongside internal operational teams, as well as stakeholders from our customer base, to drive and lead collaboration and provide strategic Estates Facilities & Professional Services procurement expertise.

About us

Please note that as an organisation NHS LPP has been hosted by Guy's & St Thomas' (GSTT) NHS Foundation Trust since 2012 and provides the legal framework and supporting services under which NHS LPP operates. However, NHS LPP is a membership organisation funded and governed by its members and not GSTT. NHS LPP staff are employed by GSTT.

Job responsibilities

• Develop a Category Management methodology across the workstream in order to produce ambitious 3 5 year category strategies and plans that anticipate as well as respond to external challenges at a regional and national level to help both NHS LPP and members achieve their financial targets.
• Lead the Estates Facilities & Corporate Services category team setting the overall direction and strategy and acting as a role model in support of organisational purpose, vision, values, objectives and
• Lead the Estates Facilities & Corporate Services category team setting the overall direction and strategy and acting as a role model in support of organisational purpose, vision, values, objectives and
• Responsible for service delivery, ensuring processes and systems are performance managed so as to meet customer
• To lead on the development of category strategies to deliver the requirements and demands of internal and external market
• To develop strong customer/stakeholder relationships in order to meet customer requirements by demonstrating best value for money, compliance with category priorities and contracts and by actively managing the market place.

Person Specification Qualification and Knowledge

• MBA/ Degree or equivalent qualification or in depth senior level experience
• Project Management (Prince 2 practitioner or equivalent)

Skills

• Excellent negotiation and engagement skills with with internal stakeholders and external suppliers
• Utilising risk management approaches to monitor risks and issues with specific category areas.

Experience

• Significant and extensive senior procurement experience in a senior procurement and supply chain role including public or private sector experience.
• Advanced supplier and contract negotiation experience. Managing supplier and stakeholder relationships

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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