Purchasing Specialist | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (BFT)

North Bristol NHS; West of England; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Purchasing Specialist to join the BWPC procurement team in Bristol. The role focuses on delivering procurement projects, analysing spend and stakeholder data, and driving cost reductions across NHS Trusts in the Bristol region.

The post holder will report to Senior Purchasing Specialists, Category Managers and the Senior Management Team, supervising Buyers and promoting procurement best-practice while supporting continuous improvement and clear

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of procurement projects to achieve savings and cost reduction
• Analyse spend and relationship data to produce evidence for viable contracting and procurement opportunities
• Report results and activity accurately and in a timely manner
• Manage and engage key stakeholders to develop relationships and influence
• Promote procurement best-practice, demonstrating the value and benefit of the profession
• Focus on continuous improvement to ensure the team is pushing for the highest standards
• Prepare and develop procurement documentation that is clear, concise and effective
• Recommend sourcing approaches as a result of fact-based analysis
• Build our client’s commercial position through whole-life costing and an aggressive pursuit of cost reduction

Job description

Purchasing Specialist | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (BFT)

Bristol & Weston Purchasing Consortium (BWPC) is an award-winning provider of procurement and purchasing services in support of NHS Trusts and healthcare providers in the Bristol region.

BWPC’s remit includes the purchasing of medical equipment, consumables, instrumentation and fluids for hospitals, negotiating regional technology contracts, driving effective use of contract and agency staffing and providing data and systems to allow our clients to leverage their expenditure to their advantage.

Purchasing Specialists form the core of the Procurement Team within Bristol & Weston Purchasing Consortium and report to Senior Purchasing Specialists, Category Managers and the Senior Management Team while supervising, guiding and advising Buyers.

• Lead the delivery of procurement projectsto achieve savings and cost reduction
• Analyse spend and relationship datato produce evidence for viable contracting and procurement opportunities
• Report results and activityaccurately and in a timely manner
• Manage and engage key stakeholdersto develop relationships and influence
• Promote procurement best-practice, demonstrating the value and benefit of the profession
• FFocus on continuous improvementto ensure the team is pushing for the highest standards
• Prepare and develop procurement documentationthat is clear, concise and effective
• Recommend sourcing approachesas a result of fact-based analysis
• Build our client’s commercial positionthrough whole-life costing and an aggressive pursuit of cost reduction

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retaina workforce whichrepresentsthe rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

This advert closes on Wednesday 21 Oct 2026

£23,615 per annum (FTE) or pro-rata for part time roles

£25,760 - £27,476 per annum (FTE) or pro-rata for part time roles