NHS LPP Procurement Officer

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in London is seeking a Procurement Specialist to lead sourcing strategies and provide expert advice across categories. The ideal candidate has post-graduate qualifications and procurement experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to work with eProcurement systems. This permanent full-time role offers a competitive salary range of £46,419 to £55,046.

Qualifications

• Educated to Post-graduate level or equivalent.
• Good standard of numeracy and literacy.
• Previous procurement experience or training.

Responsibilities

• Support and develop Tender activity via the Atamis portal.
• Maintain understanding of NHS LPP Member spend.
• Identify saving opportunities from spend data.
• Evaluate supplier applications to Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS).
• Ensure ongoing supplier compliance with DPS terms.
• Support Tender and supplier contracting initiatives.
• Support development of sourcing strategies.
• Use analytical techniques to ensure savings.

Skills

Procurement experience

Analytical competence

Administration skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Numeracy

Literacy

Education

Post-graduate level education

Tools

eProcurement systems

Job description

Overview

Would you like to join an ambitious procurement organisation supporting our Category Work streams and our customer team with the development and implementation of their future strategies and targets for the benefit of our members? This role requires you to lead sourcing strategies across multiple work streams, contribute to the development of Category Strategies and provide expert advice both internally and externally to our customers on the most appropriate compliant route to market.

Responsibilities

• Support and develop Tender activity via the Atamis portal as directed by the Procurement Assistant Director, working with NHS LPP Members and internal Category Teams.
• Maintain overall understanding of NHS LPP Member spend using a variety of data sources including benchmarking and supplier management information, to establish a detailed knowledge of Member expenditure by Supplier & Commodity.
• Identify saving opportunities from spend and supplier management information and dialogue with NHS LPP Members as agreed with the Procurement Associate Director.
• Evaluate supplier applications to Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS) via the Atamis e-tendering portal as regulated by procurement law.
• Ensure ongoing supplier compliance with DPS terms and liaise with NHS LPP members, providing regular up to date supplier lists and answering related queries.
• Support Tender and supplier contracting initiatives as directed by the Procurement Assistant Director such as the procurement of, or from Frameworks and Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS).
• Support the development and delivery of sourcing strategies for NHS LPP Member non-pay spend.
• Use specialist analytical techniques and software to support the delivery of year-on-year cash and cost avoidance savings.
• Maintain a working understanding of UK and EU Procurement Law, obtained by experience or equivalent training.

Qualifications & Skills

Experience

• Educated to Post-graduate level or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience
• Good standard of numeracy and literacy
• Previous procurement experience or training

Desirable

• Evidence of CIPS qualification and progress towards professional chartered status

Skills

• Excellent administration & organisational skills.
• Analytical competence and problem solving
• Ability to use eProcurement systems

Desirable

• Experience of sourcing including tender process from initial scoping to contract award

Ability

• Frequent requirement for concentration levels required routinely, with intense concentration to meet directives, significant strategy targets, production of policy and implementation plans etc

Details

• Date posted: 22 September 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for Change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £46,419 to £55,046 a year p.a inc HCA
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
• Reference number: 196-COF10907-T
• Job locations: NHS London Procurement Partnership, India House, Curlew Street, London, SE1 2ND

Disclosures & Sponsorship

• Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the DBS is required.
• Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
• From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.

Employer details

• Employer name: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
• Address: NHS London Procurement Partnership, India House, Curlew Street, London, SE1 2ND
• Employer's website: https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx