Procurement Partner

Derbyshire Support & Facilities Services Limited; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Derbyshire Support & Facilities Services Limited is seeking a Procurement Partner to lead and co-ordinate the buying team within a NHS/public sector context. You will deliver best-in-class procurement services, build robust stakeholder relationships, and drive continuous improvement across Derbyshire and the East Midlands region.

The role requires extensive NHS/public sector procurement knowledge, contract management experience, and the ability to lead a small team while delivering cost

Qualifications

• Requires Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply Level 4 or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Prince2 Foundation certification or equivalent program is preferred.
• Knowledge of NHS Terms & Conditions and EU procurement rules is essential.
• Experience with contract management and procurement processes.
• Strong data analysis and spend management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational support to plan, coordinate and deliver across multiple medium-high value workplans and maintain contract databases.
• Undertake competitive tender exercises, assist Customers with writing Specifications and Business Cases, draft ITT docs, run evaluations, tender awards and contract management.
• Develop innovative procurement methods to deliver efficiencies and cost savings and drive CIP targets.
• Engage with market analysis to track shifts, trends, and opportunities for value for money.

Skills

Negotiation

Public sector procurement

EU Regulations

Procure-to-Pay Systems

Spend analysis

Data analysis

Team leadership

Project management

Contract databases

OJEU compliance

Education

CIPs Level 4 (or equivalent)

Prince2 Foundation

ILM Level 4

NHS Terms & Conditions

Contract Management

Job description

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Site Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Town Chesterfield Salary £37,720 - £41,832 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 11/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 29/10/2026

Job overview

DSFS has an exciting opportunity for the role of Procurement Partner.

The role supports the Head of Procurement and is part of the Senior Leadership Team. Serving as a senior member, the Procurement Partner will co-ordinate & manage the buying team performance; providing leadership and supervision to enable the delivery of a \"best in class\" procurement service, along with developing a strong culture of teamwork and continuous improvement.

The role requires significant experience of working within the public sector, preferably within the NHS, with demonstrable and practical working knowledge of public sector procurement legislation and regulations.

The role also requires excellent organisational skills and confidence to work across diverse specialties and clinical and non-clinical categories.

As well as engaging with and developing robust working relationships with key stakeholders, a key element of the role will be to network and collaborate with peers across Derbyshire and East Midlands, to benchmark costs and leverage opportunities, ensuring optimum value for money and continual improvement.

Main duties of the job

Provide strategic and operational support to plan, coordinate and deliver across a number of medium-high value workplans. Maintain contract databases to produce high quality management data

Undertake competitive tender exercises, supporting Customers with the writing of Specifications and Business Cases, Drafting ITT documentation, undertaking evaluations, tender awards and facilitating effective contract management.

Develop and implement innovative ways to procure goods & services to deliver efficiencies and and cost savings, contributing to the departmental CIP target.

Proactively undertake market engagement and market analysis to keep abreast of market shifts, trends, product development and innovation.

Working for our organisation

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specificationattached to this vacancy. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are, along with the criteria that is required.

Qualifications and Training

• Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPs Level 4) or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Contract Management
• NHS Terms & Conditions
• Prince2 Foundation
• ILM Level 4 or equivalent

Experience

• Significant experience of negotiating with suppliers and customers in a large organisation and track record of achieving significant cost reductions.
• Demonstrable experience of undertaking competitive tenders/quotations. Significant experience in a customer service environment
• Significant experience of working within the public sector and working knowledge of EU regulations
• Extensive experience and use of Procure to Pay Systems
• Analysis of spend reports to identify cost saving opportunities.
• ECDL or Equivalent experience on the use of Microsoft packages.
• Working knowledge of NHS.
• Management/supervisory experience
• Coaching and mentoring experience
• Delivering procurement workplans and projects.
• Public Sector procurement experience

Skills and Knowledge

• Working knowledge of contract law or equivalent experience
• Demonstrable and practical working knowledge of EU/Public procurement legislation
• Track record of building successful and robust professional relationships to deliver cost improvements and other procurement related efficiencies.
• The ability to analyse Data and make recommendations in relation to spend reduction, contract management and demonstrate compliance with OJEU and other Procurement legislation
• Working knowledge of OJEU tendering process
• Knowledge of contract databases
• Knowledge of NHS Procurement processes
• Ability to lead and manage a small team
• Project Management

Personal Attributes

• Good Interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Ability to plan and organise own workload and that of others.
• Positive and supportive approach to colleagues, team members and clients
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Be adaptive to change.
• Self-motivated and ability to motivate others
• Evidence of innovations

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

VISA's and Immigration system

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered at this point in time.

When DSFS Ltd are able to offer sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK), applicants will be required to provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services (‘DSFS’) is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

Communications

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account, spam folders and NHS Jobs (where applicable) account regularly.

References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore, to speed up the recruitment process please provide an up to date email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the DSFS Human Resources team on 01246 513737 / [e-mail] and we will be happy to provide assistance.