Senior Procurement Manager

Sopra Steria - UK; 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 involves leading commercial strategies across various categories, managing complex procurement processes, and providing expert advice to clients. With a focus on integrity and efficiency, you'll collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to optimize procurement activities. The position offers a flexible working environment, primarily home-based with occasional office meetings. If you're passionate about enhancing procurement practices and making a significant impact in the public sector, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

£5,400 car allowance

25 days annual leave

Health cash plan

Private medical

Life assurance

Pension

Flexible benefits fund

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex procurement processes and high-value contracts.
• Strong understanding of UK public sector procurement regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial strategy development for procurements and manage high-value processes.
• Provide procurement advice and build strong relationships with clients.

Skills

Public sector procurement best practices

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder management

Tendering processes

Service level agreements

Provider Selection Regime (PSI)

CIPS qualification

Education

CIPS qualified or working towards

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.

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

Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum

Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, health cash plan, private medical, 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 improve 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.