Senior Procurement Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 06/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This role involves leading high-value sourcing and contract management for non-clinical categories within the NHS. The successful candidate will manage a non-pay category portfolio, run compliant procurements, negotiate commercial agreements, and ensure value for money. They will act as a trusted procurement expert for stakeholders, translating policy into practical advice and improving supplier performance. The position requires public sector procurement experience and collaborative work across a large geographical area.
Essential criteria
- 5 years procurement experience
- Member of CIPS (level 4 minimum)
- Educated to degree level min 2:1 in business or related subject
- Thorough understanding & experience of working within Public Sector Procurement regulations
Desirable criteria
- Full MCIPS Registration
- Prince 2
- 3 years working within UK Public Sector Regulations
- Significant category management experience at a senior level
- Evidence of resilience
- Experience of working with wide range of stakeholders
- Experience of working collaboratively across a wide geographic area
- Thorough understanding & experience of working within Public Sector Procurement regulations
- Experiencing of working with National forums/special interest groups/collaborations
- Supplier and contract management experience
- Relationship Management experience
- Experience of strong commercial skills - tender writing, policy implementation, negotiation & influencing skills
- Project management skills, delivering on time
- Experience of being having highly effective communication skills, explaining in bite size chunks, complex legislative changes, practices & polices
- 3 years experience of working in Procurement within NHS or Public Sector at senior level
- oAn understanding of how the NHS works and product contingency planning approaches
- 5 years procurement experience
- Member of CIPS (level 4 minimum)
- Educated to degree level min 2:1 in business or related subject
- Thorough understanding & experience of working within Public Sector Procurement regulations
- Full MCIPS Registration
- Prince 2
- 3 years working within UK Public Sector Regulations
- Significant category management experience at a senior level
- Evidence of resilience
- Experience of working with wide range of stakeholders
- Experience of working collaboratively across a wide geographic area
- Thorough understanding & experience of working within Public Sector Procurement regulations
- Experiencing of working with National forums/special interest groups/collaborations
- Supplier and contract management experience
- Relationship Management experience
- Experience of strong commercial skills - tender writing, policy implementation, negotiation & influencing skills
- Project management skills, delivering on time
- Experience of being having highly effective communication skills, explaining in bite size chunks, complex legislative changes, practices & polices
- 3 years experience of working in Procurement within NHS or Public Sector at senior level
- oAn understanding of how the NHS works and product contingency planning approaches
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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Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Procurement Manager
The closing date is 31 August 2026
Job summary
"Previous Applicants need not apply"
Ready for a role where your work is visible, valued and makes a real difference? Join our award-winning Procurement Team and help shape a safe, modern and efficient NHS estate. We are recruiting two Senior Procurement Managers to take the lead on high-value sourcing and contract management across key non-clinical categories (including Estates and Facilities, workforce, IT and outsourced services). You will partner closely with clinical and corporate stakeholders to run end-to-end procurements, secure strong commercial agreements, drive supplier performance and deliver year-on-year savings, while keeping governance tight and championing sustainability and social value. If you are commercially minded, love solving problems and thrive on influencing change, this is your chance to make a tangible impact across our hospitals.
You can be based at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust or Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Swindon), with flexibility to work across sites as required, minimum 2 days a week on site.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Procurement Manager in our Sourcing Team, you will take ownership of a non-pay category portfolio, leading sourcing and contract
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