Senior Procurement Specialist Part Time

Sopra Steria
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and inquisitive procurement professional to join our Healthcare Solutions Team, within NHS Shared Business Services.

Due to internal growth, the Team are seeking highly motivated procurement and commercial individuals who are flexible and can significantly give to the positive reputation of our business.

You will lead on and manage multiple procurement projects for our NHS Customers, managing the procurement strategy, producing the relevant documentation, utilising best practice 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 value and best practice.

The roles will be predominantly focused on managing Healthcare or Estates & Facilities Management and related services procurement activity whilst also providing support to other non-clinical categories such as Digital & IT and Business Services areas.

This role offers the potential for growth, with the opportunity to progress into an exciting career within healthcare procurement and gain vital procurement experience within a well-established knowledgeable team.

This is a hybrid working role with the requirement to attend Salford up to once a month. You may also need to attend customer sites as required.

Our Salford office has been newly refurbished and equipped with high-tech coffee machines offering free coffee and other free perks such as tea, breakfast items (cereals, fruit) and themed days. There is free parking onsite and boosts outstanding views. The site also boost onsite canteens with home cooked meals daily subsided by 35%. Which shows we really go above and beyond to ensure our staff are looked after.

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.
• Being regarded as a trusted advisor to the customer as well as knowledge of the NHS and its strategic goals and policy drivers.
• 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, commercial, or contract management team is an essential requirement.
• Proven knowledge and experience of UK public sector/NHS procurement processes and regulations is also essential.
• Demonstrable experience in maintaining high quality records and auditable information with an understanding of why this is important.
• Knowledge and skill in Procurement process, including tendering and contract negotiation as well as knowledge and experience in conducting market.
• Proven analytic skills (analysis of information, interpreting and presenting findings) and use of MS Office applications.
• Effective communicator both verbally and in writing to internal and external stakeholders.
• Able to take responsibility for delivering own work and meeting agreed work objectives, working to customer requirements and governance processes.
• Self- motivating with energy, drive, and resilience under pressure and the ability to work as part of a team to deliver objectives.

It would be great if you had:

• General commercial awareness
• Knowledge of eSourcing tools
• Experience of working closely with multiple Public Body organisations
• Professional Qualification (or the desire and willingness to work towards) in Procurement (such as MCIPS) or related field (Contract Management, Supply Chain, etc)

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, Bristol or Leeds (or commutable to one of)

Security Clearance Level: DBS

Internal Recruiter: Kayleigh

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 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.

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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.