Pricing Analyst

Job Title                     Pricing Analyst         

Function:                   Financial Control

Location:                    Nottingham – Hybrid

Contract type:           12-Month FTC

Salary:                        £32,045 with potential to rise to £37,700 over 3 years

Closing Date:            Tuesday 30^th April 2024

NHS Supply Chain currently has an opportunity for a Pricing Analyst to join our team during an exciting period of transformation, working to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first.

The Pricing Analyst is part of a team of Analysts responsible for calculating, communicating, and auditing prices across the whole inventory of nearly 500k products. This role requires close attention to detail to ensure the correct prices are charged to each customer group across our inventory.

 Every day you will … 

Help maintain our in-house price calculator and manage the flow of the one million price updates into both our legacy and new Oracle price systems.

Check and audit prices to ensure they have been implemented correctly.

Work closely with our Category Management Teams to help them complete the required processes and to aid them in their responsibility for the control of all product costs (buy prices).

Identify cost price anomalies and the tenacity to resolve issues.

Review our in-house processes to constantly improve the way we work and to improve efficiency, a constant goal since the formation of the team.

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:

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?

Degree level qualification in a numerate discipline desirable

Experienced in using tools such as Excel, VBA/ SQL/ Python for data manipulation and visualisation.

Diligent in ensuring accuracy and precision in all aspects of work.

Meticulous and thorough approach to tasks.

Proficient in data collection methods and capable of communicating complex findings clearly and understandably to stakeholders.

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 Careers@supplychain.nhs.uk 

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 careers@supplychain.nhs.uk who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.

SCCL is a company Registered in England and Wales, with company number 10881715, to act as the management function of the NHS Supply Chain.

SCCL values and respects the diversity of its employees and aims to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Our policies and procedures reflect our commitment to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

SCCL reserve the right to close any vacancies from further submissions when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

If you are shortlisted for interview you will be required to provide proof of ID and the right to work in the UK.

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