Matrix SCM are delighted to have been appointed as the Managed Service Provider for Marie Curie’s agency worker contract, which came into effect this July.

How We Will Be Working With Marie Curie

Matrix-CR.Net will be the central system for the end-to-end procurement and management of agency workers. The arrangement allows Marie Curie to:

• Manage fulfilment of requirements;
• Enforce compliance requirements and policies;
• Develop and manage a fully accredited supply chain;
• Access a wide selection of compliant agency workers;
• Download real-time Management Information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year.

As a Neutral Vendor Managed Service, we help private, public and charitable organisations, local councils, and other Government bodies deliver and maintain vital services by supplying temporary staff.

Matrix SCM’s Operations Centre will:

• Provide support on fulfilment and agency worker management;
• Contact agencies on your behalf for out-of-hours and last-minute requirements;
• Complete compliance checks on new agency workers;
• Assist with the use of Matrix-CR.Net.

Why Have Marie Curie Decided To Do This?

• Increased Candidate Choice;
  • We supply at least 3 suitable candidates for each role;
• 100% Compliance;
  • All agency workers engaged through us are pre-employment checked before a placement begins;
• Fulfilment;
  • Our fulfilment rate currently stands at 99% across a diverse range of job categories;
• Increased Candidate Quality;
  • All candidates must meet quality standards as defined by you, as Hiring Managers;
• Cost Savings;
  • We guarantee to deliver our customers cashable savings on agency spend;
• Customer Process;
  • A faster, more efficient end-to-end recruitment process.

Some Words From Marie Curie

We have achieved benefits from working with a Neutral Vendor for over five years.

The Executive Team fully endorse these arrangements and working with Matrix SCM, we will be able to:

• Utilise technology to support process efficiency;

• Ensure that workers we engage are fully compliant (i.e. can legally work in the UK, have the appropriate qualifications/experience) across all areas;
• Introduce a comprehensive mechanism where the budget holder approves the agency worker prior to engagement;
• Achieve further cost benefits for Marie Curie;
• Develop and utilise more real-time Management Information.