Senior Procurement Manager

Interested in working within the Strategic Procurement Delivery Services team, other key internal stakeholders and crucially our clients to ensure procurement activities are optimised and delivered in a professional, safe and efficient manner?

We are seeking an exceptional highly motivated individual who can significantly contribute to the positive reputation of our business. The role will work across the Health, Construction and Estates, Business Services and Digital and IT categories. You will be responsible for developing and delivering procurement strategies in complex supply markets working with and on behalf of our customers.

This is a hybrid variable role requiring office presence in Salford once a month plus possibly attending customer sites as required.

What you will be doing:

• Leads complex and high value procurement process (legal process, market engagement, scoping, briefing, tendering, selection, evaluation, contract negotiation and management of suppliers)
• Provides high quality customer focused procurement and service design advice to external customers
• Creates and maintains positive, collaborative and supportive professional relationships with internal stakeholders and external customers, as well as actively generating and building relationships with new customers
• Be regarded as a trusted advisor to the customer's senior team
• Acts a senior point of advice for internal staff in terms of the commercial and assignment management aspects of project delivery
• Actively generates opportunities for future work through the ongoing development of professional networks of contacts across the NHS and wider public sector
• Horizon scan in order to identify development and new opportunities for new and existing customers
• Be an expert in the NHS and its strategic goals and policy drivers
• Support the team in the delivery of projects, acting as both a leader and a supporter

What you'll bring:

• Significant relevant industry experience in delivering procurement solutions
• Ability to partner and influence internal and external stakeholders in a project management environment
• Public sector experience is essential
• Public procurement regulations knowledge
• Developing strategy to procurement delivery

It would be great if you had:

• Programme Management Professional Qualifications (e.g. Agile, Prince2 or equivalent)

Employment Type: Full-time Permanent
Location: Hybrid role requiring travel to our NW Hub in Salford up to once a month.
Security Clearance Level: DBS
Internal Recruiter: Adrian
Salary: Up to £50,000
Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

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!

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?

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.