Deployment Manager - Stoke on Trent

Function: Strategy, Comms & Change

Location: Field Based

Contract type: Fixed Term 18 months

Job Ref:880

Salary: £45,478 potential to rise to £53,504 over 3 years

Closing Date: 2 July 2024

 

We have an exciting opportunity within NHS Supply Chain for a Deployment Manager to join our new In-Hospital Services team. As the Deployment Manager, IM, you will be responsible for the end-to-end deployment of inventory management solutions into NHS hospitals, driving and managing new & existing opportunities, and ensuring both customer and business goals are met. Managing a small team of deployment specialists, you will work collaboratively 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 … 

• Manage a small team to implement supply chain/inventory management solutions in a healthcare/hospital setting.
• Manage a series of ongoing projects within a geographical area of operations, using project management tools to effectively deploy IM system to multiple departments/specialities within a hospital setting.
• Manage and deliver the training of end users including materials management and clinical staff on the use of inventory management solutions in a hospital setting.
• Manage the technical delivery of an inventory management solution in a hospital setting, for e.g. by liaising with 3rd party system providers to ensure integrations, hardware set up and configuration are completed in line with project timelines.
• Communicate the local action plan; explain how this relates to the organisation’s strategy and the broader organization's mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.
• Manage personal and team objectives and use performance management systems to improve performance.
• Deliver small to medium-scale projects while working within an established program management plan.
• Plan and deliver stakeholder engagement activities to develop effective project working relationships and to ensure that stakeholder needs and concerns are identified and met.
• Collate and analyse data using pre-set tools, methods and formats.
• Achieve specific inventory goals within a customer environment by working within an established management plan or finding ways to improve it.
• Manage a change initiative by providing analysis or monitoring progress in collaboration with third party or customer stakeholders.
• Review and assess existing customer/third party operations and generate new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvements.

 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?

• Line management/leadership of teams of field-based operatives, working remote and on site, ideally in hospital settings.
• Project and programme management, in particular system deployment including end user training to deliver project goals to time and budget
• Experience in inventory management, ideally in a healthcare setting
• Experience of supply chain and/or procurement environments, ideally within a healthcare setting
• Experience of stakeholder and change management in customer or third party environments
• An applied understanding of project management, governance, and planning
• The ability to work well in a team and collaborate with others.
• Working knowledge of supply chain, procurement, ideally withing a clinical / healthcare environment.
• Strong organisational skills Problem solving skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Attention to detail
• 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 (url removed) 

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 (url removed) who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.