Principal Sourcing Manager

Sopra Steria Limited; Leeds; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A joint venture in healthcare procurement is seeking a Principal Sourcing Manager to lead sourcing processes within the NHS. This role involves managing a small team, driving continuous improvement in procurement, and ensuring compliance with public procurement regulations. The position offers flexibility with remote work and travel only once a month to specified office locations.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Career progression opportunities

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a public sector procurement environment is essential.
• Proven people leadership and management experience.
• Flexible and high-quality service delivery standards required.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement support initiatives for internal collaborators.
• Drive continuous improvement in procurement processes.
• Mentor a small team and support their career development.
• Ensure compliance with procurement regulations during projects.

Skills

End-to-end procurement delivery

People leadership

Service delivery standards

Strategic sourcing tools

Understanding of procurement legislation

Education

Level 4 CIPS accreditation

Tools

SAP Ariba

e-tendering platforms

Job description

We have a remarkable opportunity for a Principal Sourcing Manager to join our team at NHS SBS! As a Principal Sourcing Manager, you will play a significant role in ensuring that the solutions, such as framework agreements, that are delivered by Procurement Solutions category management teams are procured through a highly efficient and effective sourcing process.

Leading a small sourcing team and reporting to the Deputy Head of Sourcing, you will embed a healthy culture within individuals and across our procurement solutions team that will seek to achieve excellence in efficient sourcing, drive continuous improvement, and deliver outstanding procurement solutions for our customers to access.

You will deliver service excellence, effective communication, customer engagement and management, partnership, project management, and adherence to public procurement regulations. We can offer great career progression opportunities, the ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs, and training and development opportunities. This role is predominantly home-based, with travel to one of our offices based in either Salford, Leeds, or London once a month.

What you'll be doing:

• Offer procurement support to internal collaborators, assisting in supplier/external evaluator onboarding and addressing first-line queries.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to improve procurement processes and outcomes.
• Collaborate effectively within and external to the procurement team, encouraging a culture of collaboration and partnership.
• Lead procurement-related projects, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and standard processes.
• Support the planning, optimisation, and operation phases of SBS's sourcing and contracting solutions (SAP Ariba system)
• Mentor, support, and lead a small team, promoting professional development and growth.
• Support team members in achieving their goals by providing assistance, guidance, and resources as needed.

What you'll bring:

• Experience/knowledge of end-to-end procurement delivery within a public sector environment.
• People leadership skills and management experience
• High-quality, flexible, and responsive service delivery standards.
• Experience in using strategic sourcing tools such as e-tendering platforms (SAP Ariba or Atamis).
• Level 4 CIPS accreditation or working towards.
• An understanding and working knowledge of procurement legislation (PCR 2015, the Procurement Act 2023, and the Provider Selection Regime)

Nice to have:

• Experience of working within NHS procurement environment.

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer.

Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, digital, procurement, and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams' expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence.

We believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress, and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.