Senior Transactional Procurement Partner

Our successful transactional procurement department is looking for a new Senior Transactional Procurement Partner to manage, lead, develop and motivate the members of one of our Regionalised Transactional Procurement teams whilst providing a best in classservice to NHS organisations.

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**What you'll be doing**:

- Mentor, support and manage a team of Transactional Procurement Partners with different levels of expertise to enable delivery of successful outcomes and process compliance for their portfolio of work and related activity, whilst maintaining a high moralewithin the team.
- The post holder should be able to identify areas of under-performance, and work with the Transactional Procurement Service Manager to identify resolutions and implement change as required.
- Support the training and mentoring of new team members, and coaching individual members to support with talent development activities and career progression.
- Prepare and deliver a range of reports to senior staff groups from the customer and internal organisation, including achievement of personal and direct report targets.
- Support the Transactional Procurement Service Delivery Manager in engaging with individual clients around operational delivery, and resolve all initial escalation queries fully.
- Using their initiative, accurately assess and process purchase orders on behalf of NHS SBS customers, maintaining compliance with SFIs, best practice and local policy, liaising with the customer and keeping them informed throughout the process.
- Take ownership and responsibility for assessing and approving Purchase Orders raised by Transactional Procurement Partners, ensuring compliance with agreed processes and client Standing Financial Instructions, up to the value of £100,000.

**What you’ll bring**:

- Ability to use theoretical and practical knowledge, judgement, commercial and technical skills in the understanding and management of a key process area within Purchase to Pay.
- Experience of operating at a senior level within a busy office environment, as a team leader or in a mentor-like role.
- A proven capability to manage a diverse personal portfolio of work, meeting and exceeding targets set whilst supporting others to deliver against their own objectives and workload.
- Experience in accurately identify catalogue and quotation opportunities and troubleshoot issues for others.
- Having proven knowledge of matching requisition requests to frameworks and supports others to do so.
- To seek and ensure their team seeks client approval / further information in a comprehensive and easy to understand format.

**It would be great if you had**:

- Public sector procurement experience
- NHS knowledge

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
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Anywhere (travel to the NW Hub (Salford) and to client and supplier sites monthly)
Security Clearance Level: DBS
Internal Recruiter: Daniel

**Salary**: Up to £22,457 per annum (depending upon experience and development needs)
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund
**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 lifeeasier 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 solutionsare 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?