Are you an ambitious procurement professional looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful impact while advancing your career?
At NHS Professionals, we're seeking an experienced and commercially minded Procurement Manager to join our Procurement team and play a pivotal role in shaping how we procure and manage contracts across a £40m+ spend portfolio.
Reporting directly to the Head of Procurement, you'll have the opportunity to influence strategic, business-critical decisions, lead complex sourcing initiatives, and deliver tangible value to an organisation that supports the NHS every day.
Please note: This is a fixed-term maternity cover contract until 30 July 2027. The internal job title for this position is Sourcing Manager.
What you'll be doing
- Manage the end-to-end procurement of non-IT spend of direct and indirect spend categories.
- Developing and delivering category management strategies that support NHS Professionals' objectives and long-term business goals.
- Identify opportunities to improve value through vendor consolidation, cost reduction or enhanced service levels
- Driving commercial value through supplier negotiations, contract drafting, and robust contract governance.
- Partnering with senior stakeholders to embed procurement best practice and deliver effective procurement solutions.
- Leading, coaching, and developing a small team, fostering a high-performing and collaborative culture.
What we're looking for
- Proven procurement, strategic sourcing, or category management experience within a complex organisation.
- Strong commercial acumen with demonstrable experience in contract negotiation and drafting.
- A strategic thinker with the ability to translate plans into action and deliver results at pace.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
- Experience leading, mentoring, or coaching team members to achieve their full potential.
Why join us?
At NHS Professionals, you'll be part of a purpose-driven organisation where your expertise directly contributes to better outcomes across the NHS.
In return, we offer:
- A highly visible role with exposure to senior stakeholders and strategic decision-making.
- The opportunity to lead challenging, high-value procurement projects.
- Hybrid working arrangements that support work-life balance.
- A collaborative and supportive environment focused on continuous improvement.
- Career development opportunities that will help you broaden your procurement expertise and accelerate your professional growth.
If you're looking for a role where you can combine strategic procurement expertise with genuine purpose, we'd love to hear from you.
To be successful in this post you will need to:
- Have a collaborative and engaging approach
- Have several years' experience in a similar role working with high value contracts
- Ideally hold a CIPS or other relevant qualification (desirable)
- Be able to manage priorities
- Work under pressure sometimes with challenging and variable timescales and deadlines
- Engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Be an experienced negotiator with a modern and creative approach to maximising value for NHSP and its suppliers and clients
- Experience in managing a team to reach their full potential
In return for your commitment, we will offer you some fantastic benefits:
- Generous annual leave allowance with the ability to buy and sell - 27 days per year, plus bank holidays
- A commitment to talent management & development
- Values Star of the Month! - Our star of the month award enables you to recognise colleagues or teams that have gone the extra mile and they could win £100 worth of shopping vouchers
- Pension – We’ll contribute up to 10% towards your pension if you join our stakeholder pension scheme
- Life Assurance
- Group Income Protection
- Wellbeing Programme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Engagement & discounts platform
About Us:
NHS Professionals (NHSP) run the largest NHS flexible staff bank, placing highly skilled temporary workers in NHS Trusts to meet their short, medium and long-term needs. Uniquely we are owned by the Department of Health and Social Care and we therefore reinvest any surplus we make directly back into the NHS.
NHSP is committed to being an inclusive employer of choice, working with a variety of partner organisations which provide valuable insights and best practice. We are accredited as a Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute and recognised as one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work. As part of our ongoing commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, we have been awarded the Race Equality Code Quality Mark and are a signatory of Disability Confident, Menopause Pledge and Mental Health at Work Commitment.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)
As part of our commitment to EDI, as well as having a number of related staff support networks and calendar of activities, NHS professionals is also working to the following aims:
- To ensure we become an inclusive recruiter of choice, encompassing a fully diverse workforce, which truly reflects society
- To proactively embed the EDI agenda, in a meaningful way, in all that it does
- To create a psychologically safe environment in which everyone can thrive and be at their best
- To actively support and Include disabled people as part of our commitment to the Disability Confident scheme, including offering an interview to applicants to who meet the minimum criteria and choose to apply under the scheme.
We particularly welcome applications from people from minority groups and will provide support to ensure an equitable process.
