Procurement Business Manager

NHS; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership is seeking a Procurement Business Manager to lead and develop procurement across Health Education & Improvement Wales. You will drive complex sourcing plans, manage Non-Pay Savings, and oversee compliance, P2P, and audits while guiding staff development and stakeholder engagement.

The role requires continuous improvement mindset, resilience, and the ability to deliver in a dynamic, high-profile environment. Welsh or English language skills are welcome.

Qualifications

• Qualified to CIPS Level 5 (Advanced Diploma) OR Procurement or business related Degree.
• Experience delivering complex procurement projects across stakeholders and contracts.
• Knowledge of contract legislation, compliance and probity issues.

Responsibilities

• Support the leadership in delivering a comprehensive sourcing plan, Non-Pay Savings, Compliance, P2P, Audit.
• Ensure operational management and performance monitoring of the Procurement team.
• Apply innovative and strategic thinking to continuous service improvement initiatives and challenge historical practice when appropriate.
• Oversee KPI-driven performance, respond to FOI and Audit queries.
• Promote the organisational values and agile working across NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder engagement

Continuous improvement

Negotiation

Education

CIPS Level 5 or equivalent

Procurement degree or related

Job description

Procurement Services have a vacant Procurement Business Manager position. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your procurement career in a dynamic, challenging and high profile environment. In addition to the criteria outlined in the specification, you should demonstrate how you apply commercial acumen and utilise skills to deliver in the complex changing environment throughout NHS Wales.

The post will be working on behalf of Health Education & Improvement Wales, and will focus on stakeholder engagement, staff development and increased visibility of contract content and expenditure.To be successful in this post, the candidate will be of a continuous improvement mindset; need to be flexible and responsive to changes in priorities; be of a resilient personality; demonstrable track record in delivering creative and innovative service improvement solutions; manage heavy workload at pace; ensure policies and procedures are adhered to ensuring strategic and operational targets are delivered.

Main duties of the job

Supporting the teams understanding of the strategic direction of all NHS Wales organisations and the alignment with the NWSSP strategic objectives as part of the Integrated Medium-Term Plan (IMTP).

The post holder will support the leadership of the Assistant Head of National Sourcing in the delivery of a comprehensive sourcing plan, Non Pay Savings, Compliance , P2P, Audit and ensuring operational management and performance monitoring of the Health Education & Improvement Wales Sourcing team.

Apply innovative and strategic thinking to continuous service improvement initiatives and be prepared to challenge historical practice when appropriate, ensuring best practice is adopted which improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the Procurement Team.

Ensure the operational management and performance monitoring of the whole Procurement team in line with departmental Key Performance Indicators (KPI's). Support the Assistant Head of National Sourcing in responding to FOI and Audit and Assurance queries.

Discover how you can enjoy life to the full & progress your fulfilling career by sharing in our values, working together, taking responsibility, listening and learning and innovation.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating.

Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people.

Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers.

Offering a comprehensive benefits package, there is something for everyone. To find out more about working for us, the benefits we offer and guidance on the application process please visit https://nwssp.nhs.wales/working-for-us/

NWSSP work in an agile way where possible, all posts will have a contractual base but as part of agile ways of working that may mean working from home and other locations. We also look at how we balance flexibility with community, and how to manage opportunities to learn from each other.

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Qualified to CIPS Level 5 (Advanced Diploma) OR Procurement or business related Degree
• Knowledge of Health Boards and Trusts Procurement processes/ procedures

Experience

• Proven experience of delivering complex procurement projects: -assessment of business need -evidence of tendering -specification writing -evaluation criteria -contract award reports -contract management -implementation of contracts -engaging key stakeholders
• Demonstrate experience of dealing with contract legislation, compliance and probity issues.
• Experience of people / staff supervision / management - preferably management experience within a procurement or supply environment.
• Awareness of Quality standards and working with ISO policies and procedures.

Skills and Attributes

• Ability to drive and manage comprehensive data gathering on products and suppliers
• Strong influencing and negotiating skills with customers and external parties, a good builder of productive relationships and the skill to be able to maintain effective business partnering relationships.

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.