Deployment Specialist - Manchester

Deployment Specialist – Manchester

Function: Strategy, Change and In Hospital Services

Location: Field Based

Contract type: FTC 18 months

Job Ref: 956

Salary: £35,627 potential to rise to £39,585 over 3 years

Closing Date: Monday 23rd September 2024

We have an exciting opportunity within NHS Supply Chain for a Deployment Specialist to join our new In-Hospital Services team. As Deployment Specialist, you will be supporting our NHS customers nationally through the deployment and best practice guidance provision of our supply chain/inventory management solutions into NHS hospitals, ensuring successful outcomes for both customer and business. Working independently, you will collaborate across a complex stakeholder landscape including NHS Supply Chain internal and external facing teams, hospital procurement, supply chain, clinical, IT and senior roles.

Every day you will … 

• Implement ecommerce/demand or inventory management solutions in a healthcare/hospital setting.
• Provide guidance and training to customers and third parties on inventory management solutions in a healthcare/hospital setting
• Support with the technical delivery of an inventory management solutions in a healthcare/hospital setting, for e.g. helping to define and deliver system integrations, hardware set up and configuration
• Work as part of a small national team to provide customers and colleagues with guidance on best practice use of our inventory management solutions.
• Working independently, support customer change initiatives by providing analysis or monitoring progress with guidance from a national team.
• Plan and deliver stakeholder engagement activities, in a hospital or community healthcare environment, to develop effective working relationships and to ensure that stakeholder needs, and concerns are identified and met.
• Collate and analyse data using pre-set tools, methods and reporting formats.
• Contribute to reviewing existing operations in a third party or customer environment and generating new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvement across people, process, infrastructure and technology.
• Quickly identify operational problems, root causes and solutions in operational/supply chain customer environments
• Creates new and better ways for the customer or third party organisation to be successful
• Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences
• Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement
• Plans and prioritises work to meet commitments aligned with organisational goals
• Anticipates and adopts innovations in business-building digital and technology applications.
• Interprets and applies key financial indicators to make better business decisions.

What can we offer you?

We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:

• Car Allowance
• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.  
• We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleagues awards. 
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community. 
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

• Working independently or as part of a small team to deliver project goals to time and budget
• Experience in ecommerce, procurement, ideally in a healthcare setting
• Experience of supply chain and/or procurement environments, ideally within a healthcare setting
• Experience of implementing technical solutions into operational environments
• Data collection and analysis
• Experience of stakeholder and change management in customer or third party environments.
• Knowledge of project management
• Experience of continuous improvement methodology

Want to develop your career with the NHS Supply Chain? Then apply below or reach out for an informal discussion about the role in confidence by emailing us at Careers@supplychain.nhs.uk 

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@supplychain.nhs.uk who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.