Senior Supply Chain Coordinator
Band: 4 Salary £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: St Mary's Hospital (IOW), Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG
This is an opportunity for an experienced supply chain professional who is ready to step into a leadership role, ensuring an efficient, customer focused materials management service that directly supports high quality patient care across the Trust.
If you are passionate about operational excellence, continuous improvement, and leading teams to deliver outstanding service, we would love to see an application from you.
About the Role
As a Senior Supply Chain Coordinator, you will:
- Support and lead Supply Chain Coordinators to consistently meet and exceed service levels
- Provide specialist supply chain advice to departments across the Trust
- Manage stock levels using inventory management systems, ensuring availability and sourcing alternatives when required
- Oversee structured stock reviews and maintain accurate audit trails
- Support product standardisation and cost improvement initiatives
- Promote contract compliance and effective use of e-procurement systems
You will play a key role in ensuring supplies are available, where and when they are needed without compromising patient care.
Leadership & Team Development
- Allocate work and support staff development
- Train and mentor Supply Chain Coordinators
- Lead six monthly stock review meetings and implement recommendations
- Drive service excellence and continuous improvement
Operational Excellence
- Maintain optimum stock levels using inventory management systems
- Ensure accurate data entry and ordering within system deadlines
- Provide proactive communication regarding supply risks and alternatives
Strategic & Analytical Contribution
- Analyse complex supply chain data and provide informed recommendations
- Use negotiation and influencing skills to maximise cost effectiveness
What we’re looking for
- Experience within supply chain, procurement, or materials management
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Confident negotiator with excellent communication abilities
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to respond to urgent demands
- Comfortable working with inventory and e-procurement systems
Why Join Us?
- Make a tangible impact on patient care
- Work within a supportive NHS environment
- Develop leadership and strategic supply chain expertise
- Enjoy working on the beautiful Isle of Wight
- Be part of a team committed to innovation and continuous improvement
For additional information, please see attached Job description or contact Abigail Gubbey on Abigail.gubbey3@nhs.net
Qualifications
Essential
- Education to GCSE or equivalent, including Mathematics and English NVQ Level 3 or CIPS Foundation Level
Desirable
- Training in moving and handling goods.
Experience
- Experience of working in a service industry
- Ability to communicate in written and oral English.
- Ability to operate a personal computer with knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, database, and presentation software.
- Ability to understand and work with financial, administrative and personnel processes and practices
Additional Information
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.