EOI - Supplies Officer Grade A

Overview

Post Title:

EOI - Supplies Officer Grade A

Post Status:

SPC

Department:

Procurement

Location:

Beaumont Hospital & Affiliated Sites

Reports to:

Director of Finance and Procurement

Accountable to:

Director of Finance and Procurement

Salary:

Appointment will be made on Grade VI Scale (€58,477 - €71,442 (LSIs) at a point in line with Government pay policy

Hours of work:

35 hour week

Closing Date:

12 Noon on Friday 31st July 2026

Please note the hospital reserves the right to close the competition early should a substantial number of applications be received.

Responsibilities

Job Summary:

Expressions of Interest are sought for a six-month specified purpose contract to assist with the implementation of the Integrated Financial Management and Procurement System (IFMS) at Beaumont Hospital.

IFMS is the modernised consolidated finance and procurement platform that is currently being rolled out across the publically-funded health sector. The introduction of IFMS has been mandated by the Department of Health in order to replace legacy systems and to introduce centralised reporting, standardised processes, and streamlined supplier management capabilities.

Qualifications

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

Supplies Department at the Validation Workshops that will commence in August 2026. The Validation Workshops will define the detailed scope of IFMNS implementation in Beaumont Hospital by reference to current processes.

Required Skills and Experience

• Fully familiar with all aspects of Beaumont Hospital's procure-to-pay cycle and the manner in which the Hospital's current financial system (Integra) supports the purchasing process.
• Possess demonstrable first-hand experience regarding the processing of requisitions and the generation of purchase orders.
• First-hand experience of the manner in which electronic requisitions are raised by end-users throughout the Hospital.
• Fully familiar with the receipting of goods (i.e., the GRN process) and will understand the manner in which Integra supports the receipting process.
• Complete knowledge of the Hospital's catalogue and will be aware of (i) the manner in which new products are catalogued, (ii) the manner in which products are associated with contracts on the Integra system and (iii) the amendment of product pricing.
• Demonstrable experience of using all reporting functionality of the Integra system.
• Sufficient expertise of the Integra system and the day-to-day work of the Procurement and Supplies Department to accurately describe all procedural and technical steps associated with the procure-to-pay cycle.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and will be capable of fully participating in a process-mapping exercise, in which the current purchasing activities of the Procurement and Supplies Department will be described in detail.
• Capable of identifying potential functionality issues regarding IFMS and will be capable of raising questions in respect of same.
• Sufficiently technically proficient to review and comment upon any proposed purchasing functionality of IFMS.
• Technical knowledge to offer IFMS implementation resources a detailed 'walk-through' of the Procurement and Supplies Department's current systems and business processes.

A short listing exercise may be carried out on the basis of information supplied in your application. The criteria for ranking and or short listing are based on the requirements of the post as outlined in the eligibility criteria and skills, competencies and/or knowledge section of this job specification. In the event of a high volume of applications additional shortlisting criteria may be utilised.