Procurement Manager

4 days ago


Salford, Salford, United Kingdom NHS Shared Business Services Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Procurement Manager to join our Strategic Procurement Delivery team. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for leading procurement projects, providing high-quality customer-focused procurement and service design advice, and crafting and maintaining positive professional relationships with internal collaborators and external customers.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead procurement projects, including scoping, pre-tendering activities, tendering, selection, evaluation, moderation, and contract negotiation.
  • Provide high-quality customer-focused procurement and service design advice to external customers while supporting the team in delivery of projects.
  • Craft and maintain positive, collaborative, and supportive professional relationships with internal collaborators and external customers.
  • Actively generate opportunities for future work through the ongoing development of professional networks of contacts across the NHS and wider public sector.
  • Horizon scan to identify development and new opportunities for new and existing customers.

Requirements

  • Experience of working in procurement, commissioning, and contract management teams within the public sector.
  • Procurement process experience, including tendering and contract negotiation.
  • Experience in procurement activity, preferably in the public sector, working on and running tendering projects and framework call-offs.
  • Validated analytical skills, including analysis of information, interpreting, and communicating findings.
  • Working experience with internal and external collaborators of various levels.
  • Knowledge of public sector/NHS procurement processes and legal regulations.

Desirable Qualifications

  • Professional qualification (or working towards) in procurement (such as MCIPS) or related subject area (contract management, supply chain, funding, etc.).
  • Knowledge of procurement ERP systems, eSourcing tools, and MS Office.
  • Awareness of procurement compliance to instruct wider teams/clients.

About Us

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) is a unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development. We deliver corporate services to the NHS, making life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and delivering value for money to the taxpayer. 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 levels.

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.


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