Group Procurement Director

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital; England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is seeking a Group procurement and commercial leader to shape a single, high-performing service across the NWUHG. You will unite three Trust teams, establish standardised processes, and deliver strategic savings while maintaining service delivery and patient focus.

This organisation-wide role offers executive sponsorship to transform procurement and supply chain, delivering value through collaboration, standardisation and scale across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent level of knowledge and capability.
• MCIPS membership or equivalent senior procurement standing.
• Senior leadership or management qualification or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Group procurement/ commercial strategy aligned with priorities.
• Create a consistent operating model for category management, sourcing, contracts.
• Lead savings programmes while maintaining quality, safety and patient outcomes.
• Improve visibility of third-party expenditure via data, governance and digital processes.

Skills

Public procurement principles

Commercial judgment

Data-led category management

Governance & assurance

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

MCIPS membership or equivalent

Senior leadership qualification

Tools

e-procurement

purchase-to-pay

Job description

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of procurement and supply chain services across Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group. We have created this new role to lead the development of a single Group procurement service, bringing together three established Trust teams into one high-performing, collaborative function.

Our Group was established in May 2025, bringing together three Trusts under a shared strategic leadership model. Together, we serve approximately 1.2 million people and employ more than 16,000 colleagues across one of England's largest and most geographically dispersed acute healthcare systems.

The role reflects our ambition to build a modern, commercially focused and insight-led function that supports excellent patient care, strengthens financial sustainability and delivers greater value through collaboration, standardisation and scale.This opportunity is about far more than procurement. The successful candidate will lead the sensitive integration of three established teams into a single Group service, creating a shared identity, consistent standards and a more strategic approach to procurement and supply chain management. This will require strong people leadership, a clear vision and the ability to unite colleagues behind a common purpose while retaining the local relationships and operational responsiveness.

Please contact Andrew Pyman, Executive Director, Procurement & Commercial Management on 07800 522268 or [e-mail].

Main duties of the job

This is a genuinely Group-wide appointment. The Group Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Finance Officers of all three Trusts are fully aligned behind this ambition and strongly committed to making the new service a success.The postholder will have the visibility, sponsorship and executive support needed to strengthen commercial capability, improve value, enhance supplier partnerships and contribute to major strategic programmes, including corporate service integration, digital transformation and significant capital investment.

We have talented teams, strong foundations and committed leadership. What we now need is an exceptional leader who can set a clear direction and establish procurement and supply chain services as a trusted strategic partner across the Group.

For the right individual, this is an opportunity to build something lasting and create meaningful impact across three hospitals serving 1.2 million people. I hope you will be inspired by the scale of the opportunity and the challenge ahead. We look forward to hearing from you.

About us

The newly formed Norfolk & Waveney University Hospitals Group (NWUHG) is placing people and culture at the heart of its transformation.

By working as one system, the Group is strengthening workforce development, improving staff experience, and creating consistent, supportive leadership across all three hospitals. This unified approach enables better training, enhanced well-being support, and a stronger culture rooted in compassion, flexibility, and continuous learning.

Focusing on people also supports national priorities--ensuring the workforce is skilled, adaptable, and ready for future models of care--and strengthens NWUHG's overall performance by improving quality, resilience, and sustainability.

Together, this creates a Groupwide commitment to making NWUHG a great place to work, with clear benefits for staff including:

Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service

Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site

Discounted gym memberships

Generous pension scheme and annual leave entitlement

Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it

Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site

Free 24-hours confidential counselling support

On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane

On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane

Flexible staff bank

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Job responsibilities

PRIORITIES FOR THE POSTHOLDERDevelop and implement a Group procurement and commercial strategy aligned with clinical, financial and corporate priorities.Create a consistent operating model for category management, sourcing, purchasing, contract management, supplier relationship management and commercial assurance.Lead sustainable savings and value improvement programmes without compromising quality, safety or patient outcomes.Improve visibility and control of third-party expenditure through high-quality data, governance and digital processes.Embed social value, sustainability, resilience, innovation and responsible procurement into commercial decision-making.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent level of knowledge and capability acquired through senior professional experience
• Full membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (MCIPS), or equivalent senior procurement and commercial professional standing.
• Senior leadership or management qualification, or equivalent experience.

Experience

• Substantial senior leadership experience in a large, complex and multi-stakeholder procurement or commercial environment
• Successful track record of leading strategic procurement, category management, sourcing, purchasing, contract management and supplier relationship management.
• Experience of developing and implementing procurement and commercial strategies.
• Senior procurement leadership experience within the NHS or a comparable regulated public service environment.
• Experience of working across a group, shared service, integrated care system or multi-organisation partnership.

Skills

• Expert knowledge of UK public procurement, commercial and contract management principles relevant to healthcare and the wider public sector.
• Advanced commercial judgement, financial acumen and understanding of whole-life value.
• Ability to translate complex legislation, data and commercial issues into clear advice and practical action.
• Ability to establish governance, performance and assurance frameworks across multiple organisations and sites.
• Experience of responsible procurement, social value, sustainability and supply chain resilience.
• Experience of data-led category management, e-procurement or purchase-to-pay improvement.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.