Pharmacy Inventory Procurement Officer; XN

Medicine Management and Pharmacy Services are looking for an organised highly motivated and enthusiastic Inventory Procurement officer.

Applicants should have experience of working in a professional purchasing environment with good time management skills to adapt to changing priorities in afast-paced environment.

Thisis a great opportunity for someone who has excellent communication skills andis committed to supporting high-quality patient care. The successful candidate will be working atour Leeds Pharmaceutical Stores location on the outskirts of the city.

Asa key member of the Pharmacy Procurement Team you will play an essential rolein ensuring the safe, efficient and cost-effective procurement of medicine sand pharmaceutical products for Leeds Teaching Hospitals

What Youll be Doing

Working as part of a team responsible for ordering medicines and pharmaceutical supplies in line with Trust procedures and SOPs

Monitoring stock levels to ensure continuity of supply across all clinical areas

Managing outstanding orders. Liaising with suppliers and wholesalers toresolve supply issues. Sourcing alternatives where needed.

Supporting the Pharmacy team withstock management and shortages.

Providing excellent customer service to clinical and non-clinical colleagues.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest acute trusts in England with MMPSbeing a highly respected and forward thinking Pharmacy department. We continuously support our workforce todevelop to their potential in delivering the best patient care.

Why Join Us?

Supportive and friendly Pharmacy team

Opportunities for flexible working

A role that directly contributes tosafe effective patient care

Access to NHS benefits, including pension scheme and staff wellbeing support

Ifyoure enthusiastic, reliable, and ready to take the next step in your career, wed love to hear from you.

Please note this post doesnt qualify for visa sponsorship.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Towork as part of a specialised procurement team responsible for the purchasing of pharmaceutical products and maintaining efficient and accurate stock levels at Leeds Pharmaceutical Store.

Providing purchasing advice and guidance to other teams involved inorder and supply of medicines.

Weare looking for a candidate who can demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, who possess analytical and problem solving skills

The successful candidate will already have experience of working in aprofessional purchasing environment and will be able to work independently oras part of a team. Ideally we will belooking for someone with purchasing qualifications or someone who is willingto study with the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).

• GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English
• Training in a purchasing environment
• NVQ level 3 or Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) Level 3 attained or prepared to study towards

• Knowledge of basic purchasing principles, contract law and knowledge of procurement systems and processes
• Experience of working in a professional purchasing environment

• Ability to cope with unpredictable workloads and non-routine activities

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.