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Attain is the largest independent health advisory and delivery organisation in the UK with a reputation for delivering meaningful impact in partnership with the NHS and care economy.Over the past ten years we have built a strong reputation as a market leader in providing end to end services to transform care - this includes strategic insights on how to integrate care at system and place level, innovative commissioning models, commercial support and hands-on clinical service re-design to improve care and service user experience and realise resource efficiencies.Our team brings together the best of the public and private sector, including experts in front-line clinical and operational experience - all underpinned by a commitment to our values which include making tangible impact, promoting wellbeing, and delivering with rigour and transparency.We look forward to continuing our support to the NHS and its partners across the country and making a real difference to people's lives.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Attain is a rapidly growing organisation created by experienced professionals who are totally committed to healthcare commissioning; we don’t do anything else.We are an independent provider of commissioning support services that cares passionately about delivering tangible results through effective partnership working. We have built a strong reputation as a market leader, providing commissioning support services that drive the commissioning cycle and transform care. This is underpinned by a shared willingness to take on delivery responsibility for implementing real and lasting change.We support the establishment of effective and sustainable CCGs by providing embedded individuals and teams. We support customers to deliver on commissioning responsibilities through partnership working and mixed NHS and Attain teams. The business was launched in January 2011 and has since grown rapidly, working for a range of Clinical Commissioning Groups and Commissioning Support Unit organisations across England. We have worked with organisations with a combined budget of £15 billion and covering a population in excess of 12 million.Attain brings together people with private sector and NHS backgrounds including a high proportion of clinicians, to unite the core values of the NHS with private sector commercial insight and good practice. We have a clear vision and sense of identity and are delighted to be a place where talented people want to work. We are committed to providing value to our customers and cap our profits at 12%. The company is owned by staff, with wide employee share ownership

Nottingham, United Kingdom

• Responsible for a social care and public health portfolio of procurement categories, covering an annual spend of £300m• Accountable for an annual saving of £3.0m• Team responsibility for development and delivery of appropriate procurement strategies covering packaging of goods/services, route to market, commercial analysis, tendering, negotiation, contract and supplier management, working with service managers to define needs and challenge established approaches.• Managing a team of 10 Category Managers and Contracts Officers• Regular contact with senior managers on ensuring effective procurement arrangements are in place and fostering procurement collaboration with other public bodies through regular contact with senior officers in other public bodies.• Regular contact with senior staff in external organisations and suppliers

Corby

Spice is a provider of outsourced infrastructure support services principally to the Utility sector.Spice was founded in 1996 through a management buy out from Yorkshire Electricity. From a single contract worth £3 million per annum, Spice has grown organically and by acquisition to in excess of £300 million turnover per annum. Spice is now recognised as a leading provider of support services. Spice works in partnership with a large number of commercial, public and utility organisations. Spice operates from more than 30 locations across the United Kingdom and from these sites we provide bespoke and added value solutions to our clients and customers.

To be responsible in promoting integrated alignment of policy objectives in support of meeting strategic aims; embedding cultural change in new initiatives so that inclusive planning and delivery of objectives enables prioritised incremental change, primarily focussed on delivering solutions across the continuum of patient care. I lead Purchasing Teams comprising of stakeholders, customers, procurement negotiators and operational staff in delivering of strategic purchasing objectives. I undertake optimisation of contract coverage by influencing inclusive strategies at Hub/Regional and National level

To be responsible in promoting integrated alignment of policy objectives in support of meeting strategic aims; embedding cultural change in new initiatives so that inclusive planning and delivery of objectives enables prioritised incremental change, primarily focussed on delivering solutions across the continuum of patient care. I lead Purchasing Teams comprising of stakeholders, customers, procurement negotiators and operational staff in delivering of strategic purchasing objectives. I undertake optimisation of contract coverage by influencing inclusive strategies at Hub/Regional and National level

Mba, Strategic Procurement

Mcips, Chartered Institute Of Purchase & Supply

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