Job Description

Are you well-versed in public sector procurement and driven to achieve outstanding results for products and services?
NHS Shared Business Service are seeking a motivated Senior Procurement Manager to join our Strategic Procurement Delivery team. You will collaborate with key internal customers and clients to optimise procurement activities with integrity, safety, and efficiency. We're looking for driven individuals who can enhance our business's reputation.
This role spans Health, Construction, Estates, Business Services, and Digital & IT categories, where you'll lead, develop, and complete procurement strategies in sophisticated supply markets, all while working closely with our customers.
We provide excellent opportunities for career growth, flexible location options across the UK, customisable benefits to suit your needs, and access to ongoing training and development.
We put our people's well-being at the heart of everything we do -- because we know that flexibility and work-life balance are key to building a happy, high-performing team! There will be an expectation to spend 2 days a month working in our modern collaborative office in Salford. with the remaining time working from home. There will also be the occasional travel to our client sites.
What you will be doing:

• Leading commercial strategy development for assigned procurements.
• Managing complex, high-value procurement processes (tendering, market engagement, evaluation, contract negotiation).
• Providing customer-focused procurement, innovation, and service design advice to external clients.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal collaborators, external customers, and potential new clients.
• Serving as a trusted advisor to senior customer teams and senior point of advice for internal staff on commercial matters.
• Generating new opportunities, staying informed on industry trends, and supporting the development of procurement managers.

What you will bring:

• Experience of working across various categories of spend.
• Experience of procurement process, scoping, briefing, tendering, selection, contract negotiation, including service level agreements, and management of supplier).
• Experience of working within a UK public sector procurement setting and working experience of UK Public Contracts Regulations.
• CIPS qualified or working towards a qualification.
• Ability and confidence to lead and influence partners.
• Knowledge/ experience of Provider Selection Regime (PSI).

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 (2 monthly visits to the Salford office)
Security Clearance Level: DBS
Internal Recruiter: Rachel
Salary: Up to 47,000 per annum
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the option to buy extra days, health cash plan, 4 x death in service life assurance, pension, 3 days paid volunteering, 5 days paid carers leave and generous flexible benefits fund which you can take in cash.
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 improve 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?