Procurement Manager

Are you a Procurement Manager who is seeking a new and exciting career? Then we've got the job for you!

We are looking for an enthusiastic and inquisitive procurement professional to join our Strategic Procurement Delivery team. As a Procurement Manager, you will lead on multiple procurement projects for our NHS Customers, running the procurement strategy, producing the relevant documentation, utilising standard process and innovative procurement solutions, conducting the tender evaluation and award processes. Alongside this, you will also support our customers and provide training and advice on the procurement process whilst providing added new value and standard methodology.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.

This position is predominantly home based, with onsite meetings being held once per month at our Salford office and national travel to supplier and client sites when required.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading Procurement projects (scoping, pre-tendering activities, tendering, selection, evaluation, moderation and potentially contract negotiation).
• Providing high quality customer focused procurement and service design advice to external customers whilst supporting the team in delivery of projects.
• Crafting and maintaining positive, collaborative, and supportive professional relationships with internal collaborators and external customers, as well as actively generating and establishing relationships with new customers.
• Actively generating opportunities for future work through the ongoing development of professional networks of contacts across the NHS and wider public sector.
• Horizon scanning in order to identify development and new opportunities for new and existing customers.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience of working in procurement, commissioning and contract management team within Public Sector.
• Procurement process, including tendering and contract negotiation experience.
• Experience in procurement activity preferably public sector, working on and running tendering projects and framework call offs.
• Validated analytic skills (analysis of information, interpreting and communicating findings).
• Working experience with internal & external collaborators of various levels.
• Knowledge of public sector/NHS procurement processes and Legal regulations.

It would be great if you had:

• 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 team/clients.

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: Salford

Security Clearance Level: DBS

Internal Recruiter: Amy

Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

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.