Senior Procurement Business Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Senior Procurement Business Manager within the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, specifically in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg local Procurement team. The successful candidate will contribute to delivering patient-centred services by focusing on value, safety, excellence, innovation, and quality in procurement. It requires applying commercial acumen and delivering creative solutions in a complex, changing environment. The position offers an opportunity to develop a procurement career in a dynamic and high-profile setting.
Key responsibilities
- Apply commercial acumen and utilise skills to deliver in the complex changing environment throughout NHS Wales.
- Deliver creative and innovative solutions to procurement challenges.
- Contribute to seamless procurement processes that release clinical time for patient care.
- Develop a value-based procurement approach focused on patient outcomes.
- Work within the NWSSP Cwm Taf Morgannwg local Procurement team to assist Health Boards and Trusts.
Essential criteria
- Self motivated
- Ability to analyse and act upon complex data sets
- Enthusiastic, passionate and committed to making a positive difference to the organisation. Ability to function both as a team player and self motivator.
- Ability to develop relationships and establish consensus with a variety of key players both within and external to the Health Board
- Understand business benefits supporting introduction of e-strategies, including e-tendering, auctions and catalogue management.
- Knowledge of Health Board Procurement processes/ procedures.
- An understanding of the role and function of NHS Health Boards, Health Authorities and Local Government.
- Excellent communication skills, written and oral, articulate and robust in presenting ideas.
- IT Proficiency particularly in the use of word processing, spreadsheets, databases and use of the web for researching.
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Ability to engage, motivate, influence individuals outside the formal area of management responsibility
- Ability to demonstrate sound analytical reasoning, effective decision making and an ability to identify and manage risks
- Expertise in EU procurement and contract management, obtained via further training and/or relevant experience
- Experience of project planning and ability to meet deadlines, including participating, and co-ordinating costings and purchases in line with agreed revenue and capital projects
- Demonstrable track record of obtaining savings and other business indicators.
- Experience of people/staff management.
- Conversant with legal, compliance and probity issues
- Proven experience of handling 'complex' and/or high value procurements on time, and within budget.
- MCIPs accreditation
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continuous personal development.
- Knowledge of best practice/ benchmarking and performance measurement techniques.
- Knowledge of e-business systems
- Sound knowledge of strategic and operational procurement management.
- Conversant in Welsh
- Familiar with integrated web based systems
- Awareness of EFQM/Quality standards and working with ISO policies and procedures.
- Awareness of category management.
- Awareness of business planning principles
- Experience of managing large scale and / or complex projects.
- Track record of managing organisational and technological change
- Knowledge of best practice/benchmarking and performance measurement techniques
- Knowledge of e-business systems
- Sound knowledge of strategic and operational procurement management
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £50,129 – £57,365 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Senior Procurement Business Manager
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
NWSSP - NHS Wales Procurement Shared Service is an established Procurement Service assisting the Health Boards and Trusts across Wales to deliver patient centred services. We are an award-winning service focusing on value, safety, excellence, innovation and quality. Our aim is to have seamless procurement processes in place that releases clinical time to focus on patient care and develop a value based procurement approach based around patient outcomes.
A Senior Procurement Manager role has arisen in the NWSSP Cwm Taf Morgannwg local Procurement team - this is truly an exciting time to be joining NHS Wales' Procurement Services
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership welcomes applications from people who share our values:
- Listening and learning
- Working together
- Taking responsibility
- Innovating
Main duties of the job
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your procurement career in a dynamic, challenging and high profile environment. In addition to the criteria outlined in the Job Description and Person Specification you should demonstrate how you apply commercial acumen and utilise skills to deliver in the complex changing environment throughout NHS Wales. A resilient personality and track record of delivering creative an
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