Procurement Manager

NHS Shared Business Services; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Procurement Specialist to join their Strategic Procurement Delivery team. This role offers the opportunity to lead diverse procurement projects across various categories, including Health and Digital & IT. You will guide and support NHS customers, ensuring compliance with procurement regulations while fostering collaborative relationships. With a focus on well-being, the company provides exceptional benefits and flexible working arrangements, making it a great place to thrive professionally and personally.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Pension contributions

Gym memberships

Flexible benefits fund

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of public procurement regulations is essential.
• Experience with NHS/Public Sector procurement processes is vital.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement projects, ensuring compliance and efficiency.
• Provide high-quality procurement advice to external customers.

Skills

Public Procurement Regulations

Customer Centric Procurement

Supplier Relationship Management

Tendering Projects

Commercial Awareness

Education

CIPS Level 4

Tools

Procurement ERP Systems

eSourcing Tools

Job description

Are you a Procurement specialist who thrives in a dynamic environment, tackling diverse challenges and driving meaningful impact? If you’re looking for a role where no two days are the same, this could be your next exciting step!

We’re looking for a strategic and inquisitive procurement professional to join our Strategic Procurement Delivery team, working across multiple categories—including Health, Estates & Facilities Management, Digital & IT, and Business Services.

You will lead on procurement projects for our NHS Customers, being responsible for the end to end procurement strategy. You’ll also play a key role in guiding, training, and supporting our customers—helping them navigate the process with confidence while driving value and excellence.

A thorough knowledge of public procurement regulations, including the Procurement Contract Regulations 2015, the Provider Selection Regime, or the New Procurement Act 2023, is vital for success in this role, as these regulations govern procurement processes, ensuring compliance, transparency, and efficiency in awarding contracts.

Although this position is predominantly home-based, there will be regular onsite meetings at our Salford office once per month, and national travel to supplier and client sites when required.

At NHS SBS, we believe success starts with your wellbeing. That’s why we offer exceptional benefits, including extra annual leave, pension contributions, healthcare, gym memberships, dental cover, and more—because when you thrive, we all do.

Ready to take on a career that challenges and excites you? Apply now and be part of something bigger!

What you'll be doing:

• Leading Procurement projects (prioritisation, pre-tendering activities, tendering, selection, evaluation, moderation and potentially contract negotiation).
• Providing high quality customer centric procurement and service design advice to external customers whilst supporting the team in delivery of projects.
• Nurturing positive, collaborative, and supportive professional relationships with internal collaborators and external customers, as well as actively generating and establishing relationships with new customers.
• Actively generating opportunities for future work through the ongoing development of professional networks of contacts across the NHS and wider public sector.
• Horizon scanning in order to identify development and new opportunities for new and existing customers.
  
  

What you’ll bring:

• Knowledge of Procurement Contract Regulations 2015, Provider Selection Regime and New Procurement Act 2023.
• Experience and/or knowledge or working with the NHS/Public Sector.
• Experience in the full procurement process, including leading tendering projects and framework call offs.
• CIPS L4 or willingness to undertake.
• Knowledge/ experience of Procurement ERP systems, eSourcing tools.
• General commercial awareness.
  
  

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent.

Location: Hybrid (Monthly travel to Salford office).

Security Clearance Level: DBS.

Internal Recruiter: Becky.

Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum.

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy extra days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves 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.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

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 share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level.

Would you like to join us on our journey?

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.