Procurement Business Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This Procurement Business Manager role offers an opportunity to advance your procurement career within NHS Wales. You will support the Assistant Head of National Sourcing in delivering a comprehensive sourcing plan, managing the Health Education & Improvement Wales Sourcing team, and driving continuous service improvement. The role requires a proactive individual with commercial acumen, resilience, and a commitment to strategic and operational targets. You will engage with stakeholders and ensure adherence to policies and procedures.
Essential criteria
- Qualified to CIPS Level 5 (Advanced Diploma) OR Procurement or business related Degree
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Health Boards and Trusts Procurement processes/ procedures
- Proven experience of delivering complex procurement projects: -assessment of business need -evidence of tendering -specification writing -evaluation criteria -contract award reports -contract management -implementation of contracts -engaging key stakeholders
- Demonstrate experience of dealing with contract legislation, compliance and probity issues.
- Experience of people / staff supervision / management - preferably management experience within a procurement or supply environment.
- Awareness of Quality standards and working with ISO policies and procedures.
- Skills and Attributes
- Ability to drive and manage comprehensive data gathering on products and suppliers
- Strong influencing and negotiating skills with customers and external parties, a good builder of productive relationships and the skill to be able to maintain effective business partnering relationships.
- Qualifications and Knowledge
- Qualified to CIPS Level 5 (Advanced Diploma) OR Procurement or business related Degree
- Knowledge of Health Boards and Trusts Procurement processes/ procedures
- Proven experience of delivering complex procurement projects: -assessment of business need -evidence of tendering -specification writing -evaluation criteria -contract award reports -contract management -implementation of contracts -engaging key stakeholders
- Demonstrate experience of dealing with contract legislation, compliance and probity issues.
- Experience of people / staff supervision / management - preferably management experience within a procurement or supply environment.
- Awareness of Quality standards and working with ISO policies and procedures.
- Skills and Attributes
- Ability to drive and manage comprehensive data gathering on products and suppliers
- Strong influencing and negotiating skills with customers and external parties, a good builder of productive relationships and the skill to be able to maintain effective business partnering relationships.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £40,559 – £48,841 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 3d ago · Closes in 14d
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NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Procurement Business Manager
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
Procurement Services have a vacant Procurement Business Manager position. 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 specification, you should demonstrate how you apply commercial acumen and utilise skills to deliver in the complex changing environment throughout NHS Wales.
The post will be working on behalf of Health Education & Improvement Wales, and will focus on stakeholder engagement, staff development and increased visibility of contract content and expenditure.To be successful in this post, the candidate will be of a continuous improvement mindset; need to be flexible and responsive to changes in priorities; be of a resilient personality; demonstrable track record in delivering creative and innovative service improvement solutions; manage heavy workload at pace; ensure policies and procedures are adhered to ensuring strategic and operational targets are delivered.
Main duties of the job
Supporting the teams understanding of the strategic direction of all NHS Wales organisations and the alignment with the NWSSP strategic objectives as part of the Integrated Medium-Term Plan (IMTP).
The post holder will support the
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