University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Head of Procurement -Commercial Contract Management

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The North Midlands and Black Country Procurement Group (NMBC)
The North Midlands and Black Country Procurement Group (NMBC) is comprised of The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM), The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT), Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust (WHT), The Black Country Pathology Services (BCPS), North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT), Black Country Healthcare Foundation Trust (BCHFT), Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) and Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU).
Role Overview
This post sits in the Commercial Contract Management team and is based at the Royal Wolverhampton New Cross site, reporting to the Group Deputy Director of Procurement within the NMBC. The role is directly responsible for the Commercial Contract Management team.
Commercial Contract Management and Delivery
The responsibilities of this position are to lead the commercial contract management activity for the Black Country ICS Trusts and to offer professional support and advice where required.
- Develop the Trusts’ commercial contract management work programme, formulating plans and priorities which impact across all Trusts’ divisions, ensuring it reflects the requirements of relevant clinical settings and aligns to the national work programmes/ operating frameworks and timescales.
- Develop a detailed commercial contract management work plan which reflects each Trusts strategic objectives and integrates with the local and national quality & efficiency agendas.
- Influence and provide commercial contract management direction and decision making based on evidence-based practice to the Black Country ICS Trusts of the NMBC, involving senior decision makers across the provider Trusts.
- Lead the development and delivery of the Commercial Contract Management Team.
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About Us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.


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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Neil Simmonds
- Job title: Group Deputy Director of Procurement
- Email address: neil.simmonds@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01902 481997
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