Procurement & e-Commerce Department

Newsletter

Christmas Get-Together

It’s that time of the year

again when the whole

Finance Directorate don

their festive jumpers,

Debra’s inflatable Christmas

tree is dusted off and we

come together to eat far

too much.

Friday the 15th December was

the annual Finance Christmas

Get-Together and this year it

was extra special as we were

taking part in Christmas

Jumper Day to help raise

money for MFT Charities.

Adrian Roberts (Executive

Director of Finance) joined us

to thank everyone for their

hard work throughout the

year, there was a raffle,

Christmas tunes, quizzes and a

yummy buffet courtesy of the

Senior Managers.

A special thank you goes to

Sharon & Caroline for

arranging the event where a

brilliant £187 was raised.

Merry Christmas everybody

and a Happy New Year!

WHATS INSIDE:

DIRECTORS MESSAGE page 2

NEWS page 2 - 5

STAFFING UPDATE page 6

AND FINALLY... page 7

December 2017

Directors Message Welcome to this Christmas

Newsletter and thanks once

again to Stephen for bringing

it together.

It's been a tremendous 12

months and with the creation of

the new Department followed

by the new Trust it's been a real

'roller coaster' at times.

The work you have all

undertaken has enabled us to

both provide service continuity

whilst making real

improvements in how we

operate. Our savings delivery

has been exceptional and our

customer services continue to

be highly valued.

2018 is going to be immensely

challenging not least as we

implement a new Integra

ledger for MFT. Our 'Integrate

Project' will challenge us all to

achieve against really

ambitious timescales though I

am confident we will once

again meet the expectations of

our Trust.

Thank you for all your support

and enjoy Christmas.

Best wishes for 2018.

Future Leaders

Mark Stevens (Deputy Head

of P2P) and Ross Palmer

(Senior Purchasing

Manager) graduated from

the two year ‘Future

Leaders’ programme on

23rd November 2017.

The graduation day included a

10 minute presentation from

each delegate on how they

have applied what they learnt

from the programme into their

workplace and how this has

this benefitted patient care.

The programme covered a

wide range of areas including:

Leading Change, Collaboration,

Conflict Resolution,

Accountability, Media Skills

and Business Skills.

Delegates were also given the

chance for 1 to 1 coaching

sessions throughout the

programme which most if not

all found invaluable. Action

learning sets of 5/6 delegates

were also formed and some

will carry on in the future.

Ross said: “It’s fair to say we

all learned a lot, theoretically

and about ourselves, as well as

establishing new working

relationships with people from

other disciplines and

geographical areas, including

procurement colleagues

working in the Welsh system.

Colleagues from Cardiff visited

MFT in August and Mark & I

visited Companies House in

Cardiff in early November -

both really useful visits.

It was great to be given the

chance to apply and

consequently be selected for

the programme so thanks to

those who nominated us.”

News

HCSA Awards 2017

The HCSA (Health Care

Supply Association) Awards

took place on Thursday 30th

November 2017 at the

Harrogate Convention Centre.

The HCSA promotes the work

of NHS procurement and

supply chain staff by

providing training events,

educational seminars and an

annual conference.

The annual awards is a

prestigious night of glitz and

glamour and a real who’s who

of NHS Procurement. 2017 saw

it’s biggest awards yet with

more nomination submissions

than ever before.

It was a great night for MFT

with Martin Doherty (Buyer)

winning the award for the

Highest Academic Score on the

recent HCSA Procurement

Development Programme. Well

done Martin!

Simon Walsh (Procurement

Director) was the recipient of

the Award for Outstanding

Services to the HCSA, much to

his surprise as he wasn’t aware

he had been nominated. Simon

accepted his award to a

standing ovation from the

packed audience of

procurement peers. This is

what Simon had to say:

“The HCSA Award was very

humbling and an immense

honour for me. I have had a

fantastic 30 year career in NHS

Procurement and have been

fortunate to work with great

colleagues including latterly

at MFT. The HCSA has been a

tremendous support and I

have been fortunate to have

been given the opportunity to

serve in various capacities. I

look forward to the next 10

years!”

Congratulations Simon well

deserved!

transport goods, thereby

lowering their carbon

emissions.

One of the Trust’s suppliers,

Carl Zeiss won an award for

'Outstanding Demonstration

of Environmental Impact'.

They received this for their

policies on waste recycling,

tracking and refurbishment.

For every 100kg of waste,

they recycle 90kg, which is

significantly higher than

average.

The Co-Operative shared their

'Bright Future' project that

they have implemented in

order to help tackle modern-

day slavery. Within the United

Kingdom 3,805 potential

victims have been referred to

the project with an increase of

30% on the previous year.

Outside this project, when

victims are freed, most will

eventually end up back in

slavery. The Co-Operative has

Linda Bailey (Deputy

Director of Purchasing) and

Ben McKeogh (Buyer)

recently attended the

Sustainability Awards at the

University of Manchester.

Here Ben tells us about the

event:

“The University had organised

the event to acknowledge and

reward companies they see

making strides in

sustainability. A range of

companies presented their

work, each showcasing their

achievements in sustainability.

An independent coffee shop

that now makes it their policy

to insist upon full supply chain

transparency, explained they

want to ensure the farmers are

treated well and receive any

support they might need.

An office supplies company

shared with us the

implementation of their policy

to use electric vehicles to

offered to employ survivors,

providing a salary,

responsibility and enabling

survivors to take control of

their lives.

We were inspired by the good

work that comes from asking a

few simple questions and

committing to making the

required changes. We should

be encouraged by the

importance placed on

sustainability by businesses

today.

It starts with us. As one of the

country's biggest Trusts, we

hold the power to make a real

difference. Impacting

supplier’s wallets is the best

way to ensure they make

positive changes. As Buyers,

when we say to suppliers, “We

need a copy of your

sustainability policy" then they

will provide or create a

sustainability policy. When the

supplier then addresses their

own supply chain, that is when

we see real and lasting

changes.

Let's make our future a cause

for the present. All we have to

do, is ask the question.”

Sustainability as Development in Manchester

Recently MFT were awarded

Highly Commended for the

Supplier Engagement Award

at the NHS in the North West

Excellence in Supply Awards.

The nomination came from

Squadron Medical in regards

to the unique link which has

been created between the

MFT Procurement functions

and the manufacturing

supply base, distribution

organisations and supply

chain.

An article featured on the

DCC Vital website goes into

detail about this initiative

and the level of work that has

gone into forming it.

Click here to read it.

Supplier Engagement Award

Savings Update

At the beginning of

December the Procurement

Department’s projected

trading gap savings figure for

17/18 stands at an

impressive £9,724,653

against a target of

£6,700,000.

Thank you for everyone’s

continued hard work. Here

are a selection of some of the

trading gap projects that

have recently delivered:

Robert Jones has made a

£40,000 saving on IVT

Packs for the Eye Hospital

and a £36,000 saving for the

Dental Hospital on Dentsply

Goods.

A huge £107,847 saving

made on Haemostats by

Amy Emmerson benefitting

Wythenshawe. Amy also

generated £43,000 saving

on Anti Embolism

Stockings across multiple

divisions.

£18,000 saving on

Verascope Sheaths for

Saint Mary’s courtesy of

Janet Dalton.

The Operational Purchasing

Team lead by Jackie Cottrell

have recently undertaken a

huge piece of work looking

at the Local Pricing

Agreements (LPAs) that

the Trust currently has in

place. The work is ongoing

but already a £55,000

saving has been discovered.

A £50,000 saving on Acute

Power Tools for

Wythenshawe by Sue

Carson.

Barbara Rimmington

generated a saving of

£30,000 for RMCH on Neuro

Endoscopes.

A very impressive £233,000

cost avoidance saving made

by Ross Palmer on the Zoll

Defib Replacement.

Sarah Jackson’s various

Capital Projects delivered

savings worth in excess of

£69,000 this month.

Other News

Jack Phillips (Assistant

Buyer) starts his CIPS level

4 in the new year. Good

luck with your studies Jack.

Don’t forget to post any

queries, comments or

concerns regarding the

department or wider Trust

in the suggestion box in

Wilmslow Park or via the

Survey Monkey.

Staffing Updates New Starters

A warm welcome to the

following new starters who

have recently joined the

Department:

James Redmond is a new

addition to Materials

Management. He began on the

18th December as a Materials

Management Assistant.

Two new Creditor Payment

Officers have started recently

in Accounts Payable - Philip

Searle and Shireen Khan.

Halima Ali has joined the

Catalogue, Compliance &

Procurement Support Team

as a Compliance & Catalogue

Assistant.

Nichola Bennett has joined us

in the new role of Clinical

Procurement Matron. She will

be based both at Central and

Wythenshawe and will

provide clinical expertise on

Procurement projects.

I am sure everyone will make

our new starters feel

welcome as they settle into

their new roles.

Movers

Congratulations to Ben

McKeogh (pictured below) who

successfully interviewed for the

vacant Band 5 Buyer position.

Ben was already working in the

Procurement Department as a

Buyer on an interim basis and

we are happy to welcome him

here permanently.

Joseph Nee (Materials

Management Assistant) is on a

6 month secondment from the

Wythenshawe Materials

Management Team. He is here

to gain experience and

knowledge from the Central

site to share with the

Wythenshawe Team.

Sarah Vaughn, Anna Kelly and

Adam Amzid from the

Catalogue, Compliance and

Procurement Support Team at

Wythenshawe have now

settled into Wilmslow Park

and are working alongside

their Central counterparts in

one unified team.

Leavers

Simon Donovan (Senior

Purchasing Manager) will be

leaving us at the beginning of

February 2018. He will be

moving to East Lancashire

Hospitals NHS Trust to be

their new Head of

Procurement. We wish you all

the best in your new role

Simon.

Sean Cartwright (Materials

Management Assistant) has

also left the Trust to pursue

a career in music. Good

luck Sean.

If you have any news or stories which you would like included in the next newsletter please email stephen.booth@mft.nhs.uk

And Finally...

Christmas Do

Here are some snaps from the

department’s Christmas do.

There were actually 3

concurrent dos which all

eventually merged together

into one big merry night out! A

great time was had by all.

Have a lovely

Christmas everyone!

Many congratulations to

Nichola Bennett (Clinical

Procurement Matron) who

married her partner Paul this

December at a beautiful

ceremony in Edinburgh.