Procurement Assistant

Supply Chain Corporation; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Annual bonus schemes

Long-service awards

Colleague recognition

In-house training

Well-being leave

Pension scheme

Flexible Benefits

Volunteer leave

NHS Discounts

Job summary

NHS Supply Chain is seeking a Procurement Assistant to join as a permanent role in a hybrid Wakefield office, supporting category teams and end-to-end procurement processes. The role focuses on delivering KPIs, coordinating data, and ensuring excellent customer service for NHS trusts and stakeholders.

You will work with Microsoft Office and advanced Excel, supporting tender processes and contract reviews, while developing knowledge of policies and procedures relevant to procurement and

Qualifications

• Experience using Microsoft Office and advanced Excel.
• Experience in a commercial environment desirable.
• Ability to prepare reports and analyze data.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Achieve procurement goals and follow established systems and KPIs.
• Gather and report contract performance data for input to processes.
• Carry out simple contract management tasks.
• Prepare moderately complex documents using standard office tools.
• Support stakeholder engagement by arranging actions, meetings and events.
• Collect information on cost drivers and market dynamics for senior decision-making.
• Provide a high level of customer service to stakeholders and identify opportunities for new business.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Microsoft Office

Commercial experience

Stakeholder communication

Team collaboration

Tools

Excel (Advanced)

Office software

Job description

Job Title: Procurement Assistant

Function:Commercial - Diagnostics, Equipment and Services

Location: Hybrid - working 2 days a week in our Wakefield office

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: Offered on a starting salary of£29,316 with the potential to increase to £32,573 over the course of three years.

Closing Date: Monday 24 August 2026

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

The Procurement Assistant will work as an integral member of the category teams, ensuring the procurement processes are managed within identified KPIs. They will support the delivery of the end-to-end procurement process for our customers/stakeholders, working to always deliver a high level of customer service to all stakeholders ensuring that relationships and processes are managed effectively allowing overall targets to be achieved.

Every day you will

• Achieve specific procurement goals or provide support to others while following established procurement systems and protocols
• Explore and develop a strong understanding of external developments or emerging issues and evaluate their potential impact on, or usefulness to, the organisation.
• Gather and report on information on existing contract performance and provide as input to the new contract process.
• Carry out simple contract management tasks.
• Conduct research using primary data sources and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
• Prepare moderately complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices such as standard office software.
• Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for reports. Extract relevant data from information provided by others and input it into spreadsheets or standard formats.
• Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.
• Support stakeholder engagement by arranging actions, meetings, and events.
• Collect and collate information on the key cost drivers, market dynamics and issues, areas of innovation, and alternative suppliers for more senior colleagues to provide solid market information for decision making.
• Provide a quality service to customers while identifying opportunities to secure new business or support retention.
• Responsibilities may include processing cases, dealing with complex queries and investigating and resolving customer problems.

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, longservice,andcolleague recognition awards.
• We arededicated 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 paidwell-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
• Access toourFlexible Benefits Scheme,where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, DentalInsurance,andadditionalpension contributions that suityou.
• 2 days of paidvolunteeringleave allowingyou to give back to yourcommunity.
• Access to many discounts fromthe 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 andoperatea national network of distribution centres,managingrelationships with more than a thousand suppliersanddelivering 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?

• Experience working on Microsoft Office.
• Experience working with Excel at an advanced level.
• Ideally previous experience within a commercial environment.
• Develops and delivers communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. For example, listens attentively and takes an interest.
• Keeps others well informed; conveys information clearly, concisely, and professionally when speaking or writing.
• Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. For example, finds many ways to add value to the team; probes to draw out richer input from others; is a valued resource who goes out of the way to help others.
• Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on analysing data from multiple sources to draw appropriate conclusions and make suitable recommendations.
• Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas, requesting actions and formulating plans or policies.
• Communicates with other people without requiring supervision and provides technical guidance when required on speaking in a clear, concise, and compelling manner.

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 experiencedoesn'tmatch perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still 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.