Strategy and Performance Manager

NHS Supply Chain; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare management organization is seeking a Strategy and Performance Manager to lead strategic initiatives and performance management. This role involves engaging with stakeholders, overseeing project management tools, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals. You will need substantial experience in strategy roles, excellent communication skills, and a strategic mindset. The position offers a hybrid working model and various employee benefits, including a pension scheme, bonus opportunities, and support for professional development.

Benefits

Hybrid working opportunities

Annual bonus schemes

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Generous pension scheme

Access to Flexible Benefits Scheme

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in managing resources within short/medium timescales.
• Substantial experience in a strategy or performance role.
• Experience in the NHS, healthcare, or public sector is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of strategic initiatives.
• Provide strategic insight through analysis and reporting.
• Act as a strategic partner to senior leaders.

Skills

Planning and organizing

Strategic mindset

Data-driven decision-making

Effective communication

Relationship building

Education

Degree educated or equivalent work experience

Job description

Strategy and Performance Manager

Function: Commercial

Location: Hybrid 2 days a week - Nottingham

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: £46,524 with the opportunity to rise to £54,735 within 3 years.

Closing Date: Monday 26th January 2026

As a key member of the Commercial Directorate, the Strategy & Performance Manager will lead the development and execution of strategic initiatives and performance management across NHS Supply Chain. This role is pivotal in driving alignment between strategic priorities and operational delivery, ensuring robust performance tracking, and engaging senior stakeholders to support data‑driven decision‑making.

You will be able to demonstrate a strategic mindset, be organisationally and interpersonally savvy, and possess strong commercial acumen to plan and align key areas. You will confidently communicate with internal and external stakeholders, build networks, and drive results. You will have a programme of success in planning, managing, and organising resources within short to medium timescales in a matrix organisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, delivery, and governance of identified strategic initiatives and annual commercial planning cycles.
• Participate in the development of the commercial strategy applying functional expertise and applying creative ideas and insights.
• Own, evolve and maintain the commercial business plan ensuring alignment with organisational goals.
• Responsibility for the total landscape view and horizon scanning activity to aid business scenario modelling.
• Oversee project management tools and methodologies, ensuring consistency, version control, and delivery assurance.
• Provide strategic insight and recommendations to senior leadership through high‑quality analysis and reporting.
• Act as a strategic partner to senior leaders across NHS Supply Chain, NHS England, and DHSC.
• Build strong relationships across the organisation to ensure alignment and buy‑in for strategic initiatives.
• Act as a role model and mentor for junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
• Ensure effective internal communications and storytelling, working closely with the Internal Communications team.
• Champion best practices in data management, reporting, and strategic planning.

What We Offer

• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.
• We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleagues awards.
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• We are dedicated to your development, through in‑house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• A focus on your well‑being offering 1 day of paid well‑being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%).
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community.
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

About NHS Supply Chain

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales. We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

Key Skills

• Demonstrable experience of planning, managing, and organising resources within short/medium timescales.
• Degree educated or equivalent work experience.
• Substantial experience in a strategy, performance, or business planning role.
• Experience working in or with the NHS, healthcare, or public sector is highly desirable.
• Strategic mindset with a track record of delivering complex initiatives.
• Organisational savvy and ability to navigate matrix structures.
• Commercially aware, especially within NHS/public sector contexts.
• Data-driven decision-maker with strong reporting and analytical skills.
• Effective communicator and relationship builder across all levels.

Want to develop your career with the NHS Supply Chain? Then apply below or reach out for an informal discussion about the role in confidence by emailing us at [e-mail]

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail] who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.

We reserve the right to close any vacancy from further submissions when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

SCCL is a company Registered in England and Wales, with company number 10881715, to act as the management function of the NHS Supply Chain.