Stores Manager | Private Hospital | Full-Time, Permanent | Southampton

Spire Southampton Hospital is looking for a Stores Manager to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis.

As Stores Manager, you will lead the day-to-day management of both clinical and non-clinical supply chain operations across the hospital and its satellite sites. You'll play a key role in ensuring efficient stock management, cost control, operational effectiveness and the smooth delivery of supplies that support exceptional patient care.

You'll also manage and develop the stores and supply chain team, overseeing performance, workload planning, training, appraisals and the achievement of departmental objectives.

Spire Southampton Hospital offers world-class care, attracting patients from across the South of England and internationally. We deliver some of the best cardiac surgery results in the country. Our Critical Care department and multidisciplinary team offer you peace of mind for our wide range of treatments.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage your team to carry out top up count for departments, ensuring there is sufficient stock available at all times
• Ensure that all Consignment agreements are in place, signed and are correct.
• Order stock for all hospital departments and continually review PAR levels to maintain stock and cost control.
• Raise requests to purchase, for all stock not held at the NDC, for all departments.
• Responsibility for ensuring the correct purchase order policy is followed throughout the hospital and the necessary approvals gained.
• Ensure that Bills on Hold are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Manage all stock, order, invoice and delivery queries, ensuring all queries are cleared on a weekly basis.
• To comply with all Health & Safety at Work regulations including COSHH, where applicable, whilst being aware of corporate and local safety policies
• Ensure compliance with Company rules for capital expenditure purchases, ensuring correct number of quotations, purchasing and tracking progress.