Procurement Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 19/08/2026
- Closes
- 11/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a strategic Procurement Manager role focusing on leading complex healthcare procurements and shaping services that impact patient care. The successful candidate will manage the full pre-award procurement lifecycle, from market engagement to contract award, working closely with stakeholders. It's a hybrid role with one day per week in the office, offering autonomy and development opportunities within a high-performing team. The post is offered as a fixed-term or secondment for 2 years.
Essential criteria
- Educated to Undergraduate Degree level or equivalent, preferably in a related subject, or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continued education and/or training to support professional development
- Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) MCIPS accredited, actively working towards it, or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Government Commercial College Transforming Public Procurement Certificate
- Management qualification
- Project / Change Management qualification
- Public Sector Procurement Experience
- Experience of operating in a lead or management procurement role
- Significant experience of procurement processes including leading complex, above-threshold tenders from market engagement through to contract award
- Experience co-ordinating the production of all the documentation required for the procurement process in liaison with other parties
- Experience of working with a range of stakeholders in different settings
- Ability to produce comprehensive draft reports, data and formal letters
- Project Management Experience
- Experience of developing and delivering procurement training
- Experience of managing a team with or without direct line management authority
- Special Requirements
- Advanced IT skills and proficiency of all Microsoft Office packages (e.g. word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail and internet use) Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Willingness to develop additional technical and specialist knowledge and skills in procurement
- Educated to Undergraduate Degree level or equivalent, preferably in a related subject, or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continued education and/or training to support professional development
- Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) MCIPS accredited, actively working towards it, or equivalent experience
- Government Commercial College Transforming Public Procurement Certificate
- Management qualification
- Project / Change Management qualification
- Public Sector Procurement Experience
- Experience of operating in a lead or management procurement role
- Significant experience of procurement processes including leading complex, above-threshold tenders from market engagement through to contract award
- Experience co-ordinating the production of all the documentation required for the procurement process in liaison with other parties
- Experience of working with a range of stakeholders in different settings
- Ability to produce comprehensive draft reports, data and formal letters
- Project Management Experience
- Experience of developing and delivering procurement training
- Experience of managing a team with or without direct line management authority
- Special Requirements
- Advanced IT skills and proficiency of all Microsoft Office packages (e.g. word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail and internet use) Numerate and able to understand complex financial issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Willingness to develop additional technical and specialist knowledge and skills in procurement
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Procurement Manager
The closing date is 11 September 2026
Job summary
Join a friendly, high-performing team at the forefront of transformation, where procurement plays a key role in shaping future services. This is not a traditional procurement role. It offers a more strategic focus, with the opportunity to lead complex healthcare procurements and shape and secure services that directly impact patient care.
You'll work across a varied and evolving portfolio, collaborating with clinical, operational and system partners to influence decisions and bring new ideas to life. The work is dynamic, visible and genuinely makes a difference.
We offer a supportive and flexible environment, with real autonomy to manage your own workload. You'll be part of a collaborative team that values trust, development and shared success. The role is hybrid, with just one day per week in the office.
This is a great opportunity to grow your career in an ambitious and forward-looking area of the organisation, where procurement is central to change and improvement.
Previous applicants need not reapply. This post is offered as either a fixed-term or a secondment for 2 years.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a commercially minded Procurement Manager to lead high-value, complex healthcare procurement activity and help maximise the impact of
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