Strategic Procurement Director

15 hours ago


StratforduponAvon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom NHS North East London Full time

NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) is an exciting new organisation, putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements.

We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities.

Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy.

We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing.

Job Responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for a full description of the role.

Main Duties of the Job
  • As part of the NHS London Commercial Hub, provide leadership to the procurement team and functions, including:
  • Being responsive and visible as the professional and service lead for procurement, interfacing with customers and internally within the ICB providing strategic procurement advice.
  • Ownership, management, negotiation and governance of all procurement activity conducted on behalf of customers
  • Lead assurance processes so that all procurement is undertaken professionally and delivered to a high standard and in line with all national, EU policies and regulations
  • Lead change programmes such as consolidating the procurement and contracting teams into a single service. This will be characterised by a single set of governance and processes.
  • Lead and motivate a diverse team ensuring it is commercially focused, operates to best practice and seeks opportunities for continuous improvement.
  • Develop the Procurement Service leadership capacity and plan for post-holder succession.
  • Raise the profile and awareness of procurement services within the ICB and its stakeholders and use this to build business development opportunities.
  • Proactively develop the service into a sustainable and commercial function
About Us

NHS North East London was formed on 1st July 2022 and aims to work closely with partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector.

The successful candidate will have an annual salary of £80,000-£110,000 depending on experience and will be responsible for managing large-scale change projects.

This role requires proven and significant leadership experience, specifically in strategic procurement and/or contracting, as well as extensive specialist knowledge of procurement acquired through degree, post graduate diploma or equivalent experience/training.

The ideal candidate will have successfully managed large-scale change projects and have experience of operating in and delivering priorities in a partnership environment.



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