Procurement Assistant

7 months ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Our Procurement team plays a crucial role in the smooth running of our hospitals and services. They are responsible for procuring a wide range of goods and services from basic medical supplies like bandages and beds to innovative technology and multi-million pound equipment. It’s their job to source, buy, and manage the huge number of products, goods, suppliers, and services that allow our staff and services to give the best possible care to our patients.

Our highly experienced team work with a wide range of staff, partners, contractors, and suppliers across both our own hospitals and services, as well as those across Sheffield Children’s Hospital and NHS services across the South Yorkshire region, to secure what they need and make sure we spend money efficiently.

As a Procurement Assistant, you’ll be a key part of the team where you’ll help to provide day-to-day procurement and contracting advice and support to a variety of staff, departments, and projects.

With a significant number of our team members having begun their journey at this very position, we take pride in our commitment to investing in their growth and facilitating career progression. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities to advance your career in procurement, including the chance to gain formal qualifications through the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS). You will be working alongside experienced Procurement professionals that will help in your development.

Providing procurement, contracting and financial advice and support to Trust staff and departments and our NHS partners

Working with staff, suppliers and contractors to source quotes, products, goods, services and tenders at competitive prices

Ensuring the Trust and our partners follow procurement policies, regulations, and best practice, to deliver savings and value for money

Providing effective and professional administrative support to the Procurement team

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides comprehensive healthcare services to the population of South Yorkshire and beyond, with an annual budget exceeding £1bn.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

The Procurement department provides procurement and supply chain services to the Trust and our NHS partners. We take responsibility for developing strategies to meet the procurement needs of individual directorates and the Trust as a whole, and for delivering measurable savings from revenue expenditure in line with the Trust’s formal Savings Plan.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.


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