Senior Procurement Business Manager

Overview

Senior Procurement Manager role within the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership to lead strategic procurement activities for the Cwm Taf Morgannwg local team. You will apply commercial acumen to deliver value-based solutions in a complex, high-profile NHS environment. The role emphasizes innovative, cost-saving procurement and strong stakeholder collaboration to support patient-focused outcomes. You will work in an agile, learning organisation that values inclusion and continuous improvement, offering opportunities to shape procurement at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package
• potential agile/home-working arrangements
• focus on inclusion and wellbeing
• opportunity for professional development

Responsibilities

• Drive procurement strategy for complex, high-value spend
• Coordinate costings and purchases aligned with revenue and capital projects
• Lead and develop staff, manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Identify and deliver savings and performance indicators
• Ensure compliance, probity, and legal considerations in procurement
• Deliver innovative solutions and manage risks in a changing NHS context

Key requirements

• Expertise in EU procurement and contract management
• Project planning experience and ability to meet deadlines
• Track record of delivering savings and improving business indicators
• People management experience
• Knowledge of e-strategies, e-tendering, auctions and catalogue management
• Good understanding of NHS Health Board and Local Government procurement processes
• Desirable: Welsh language skills
• Desirable: knowledge of bid evaluation, benchmarking and performance metrics
• Desirable: familiarity with integrated web-based systems
• Desirable: awareness of EFQM/Quality standards and ISO procedures

• Excellent communication (written and oral)
• Analytical reasoning and data-driven decision making
• Influence and stakeholder engagement
• EU procurement and contract management
• e-tendering, auctions and catalogue management
• Integrated web-based systems

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