Procurement Manager

Job summary

Join our award-winning Procurement Team and play a key role in shaping a safe, modern and efficient NHS estate. As a shared service supporting Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust and Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, our procurement function works collaboratively across the entire BSW Hospitals Group to deliver consistent, high-quality commercial support and strong value for money.

We are looking to recruit into a Fixed Term Contract in the Procurement Team for 12 months. This is a temporary role but there may be the opportunity for a permanent role in the future, but this cannot be guaranteed

In this role, you'll work closely with Estates and Facilities teams across all three trusts to deliver high-quality, cost-effective solutions that support safe patient environments and excellent operational performance. You'll manage end-to-end procurement activity, negotiate strong commercial agreements, support compliance with procurement regulations, and contribute to the delivery of sustainability and social value goals.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys building relationships, solving problems and influencing positive change across multiple hospital sites. If you're commercially minded, confident managing complex projects, and keen to make a visible impact across the BSW region, we'd love you to join us.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have the flexibility to be based any of the 3 Trusts:

• Royal United Hospitals in Bath NHS Foundation Trust
• Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
• Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk