Senior Procurement Manager

Sopra Steria Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a motivated Senior Procurement Manager to join their Strategic Procurement Delivery team. This role offers the opportunity to lead procurement strategies across various sectors, including Health and Digital & IT. The position allows for flexibility, primarily home-based, with occasional meetings in Salford. You'll collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to optimize procurement activities, ensuring integrity and efficiency. If you're passionate about public sector procurement and eager to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Car Allowance

25 Days Annual Leave

Health Cash Plan

Private Medical

Life Assurance

Pension

Flexible Benefits Fund

Qualifications

• Experience in managing high-value procurement processes.
• Knowledge of UK Public Contracts Regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial strategy development for assigned procurements.
• Manage complex, high-value procurement processes.

Skills

Public Sector Procurement

Commercial Strategy Development

Contract Negotiation

Supplier Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

CIPS Qualification

Job description

Do you have a strong understanding of public sector procurement best practices to deliver successful outcomes for products and services?

NHS Shared Business Service are seeking a motivated Senior Procurement Manager to join our Strategic Procurement Delivery team, collaborating with key internal customers and clients to optimise procurement activities with integrity, safety, and efficiency. We’re looking for driven individuals who can enhance our business’s reputation. This role spans Health, Construction, Estates, Business Services, and Digital & IT categories, where you’ll lead, develop, and complete procurement strategies in sophisticated supply markets, all while working closely with our customers.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.

This position is predominantly home based, but there is an expectation to attend meetings at our Salford office once/ twice per month and where business needs are required.

What you will be doing:

• Leading commercial strategy development for assigned procurements.
• Managing complex, high-value procurement processes (tendering, market engagement, evaluation, contract negotiation).
• Providing customer-focused procurement, innovation, and service design advice to external clients.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal collaborators, external customers, and potential new clients.
• Serving as a trusted advisor to senior customer teams and senior point of advice for internal staff on commercial matters.
• Generating new opportunities, staying informed on industry trends, and supporting the development of procurement managers.

What you will bring:

• Experience of working across various categories of spend.
• Experience of procurement process, scoping, briefing, tendering, selection, contract negotiation, including service level agreements, and management of supplier).
• Experience of working within a UK public sector procurement setting and working experience of UK Public Contracts Regulations.
• CIPS qualified or working towards a qualification.
• Ability and confidence to lead and influence partners.
• Knowledge/ experience of Provider Selection Regime (PSI).

It would be great if you had:

• A background within Healthcare

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: Salford

Security Clearance Level: DBS

Internal Recruiter: Kayleigh

Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum

Benefits: £5,400car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, health cash plan, private medical, life assurance, pension, andgenerous 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?