Job summary
NWL Procurement Services (NWL PS) is part of Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, providing vital procurement and supply chain management services to all NWL Members. As a key player in the delivery of high-quality services, we are now seeking an experienced Sourcing Manager to join our dynamic team.
The Sourcing Manager will execute sourcing activities to deliver excellent customer service, ensure best value, and guarantee compliance with NWL PS governance. Working closely with the Head of Sourcing, you will be instrumental in creating and implementing effective Sourcing Plans for each project, all while maintaining a strong focus on performance metrics and service level agreements.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development and success of procurement processes, ensuring NWL PS consistently meets its objectives and delivers value to the organisation and its stakeholders.
Main duties of the job
- Work collaboratively with the Head of Sourcing to ensure sourcing activities add value across all projects, addressing the unique challenges outlined by Category Management.
- Develop and deliver individual Sourcing Plans to meet the needs of each project, focusing on delivering excellent customer service, optimal value for money, and full compliance with NWL PS governance.
- Support the achievement of NWL PS Delivery Board approval for all project gateways, including producing the Procurement Outcome Report.
- Facilitate the smooth handover of sourcing projects to the Manage & Enable function, ensuring all relevant details are communicated effectively.
- Actively work towards achieving Service Level Agreement KPIs and NWL PS internal performance metrics, driving continuous improvement.
- Provide expertise and guidance on potential sourcing approaches, contributing to the success of procurement project delivery and ensuring that projects reflect the most appropriate sourcing strategies.
- Manage complex information flows, engaging with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear and effective communication on all relevant sourcing issues.
About us
We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life's most important moments.Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trusts values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trusts values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Professional operational service delivery and business management knowledge to degree equivalent plus further management experience or training to post graduate diploma level or equivalent
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- MCIPS Qualified or working towards MCIPS
Experience
Essential
- Good level of experience of sourcing activity in a relevant field
- Significant experience of stakeholder management in a customer and results focused environment
- Successful negotiation and implementation of purchasing agreements
- Performance management in a multi-site environment
- Evidence of providing and receiving complex information,
- Experience in being persuasive and motivational, with the ability to negotiate and train others
- Experience in handling complex facts or situations, requiring analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options
- Evidence of planning and organising a broad range of complex activities; and formulating, adjusting plans or strategies.
- Experience in using software or systems to develop performance, statistical or management reports
Desirable
- Experience in sourcing or procurement in non-clinical categories including but not limited to facilities management, IT and professional services
- Experience of working within the NHS and an understanding of current issues
- Previous experience of working as a Procurement Manager
- Experience of being responsible for policy implementation and/or supporting discrete policy or service development
- Experience of line management of a single function or department
Skills
Essential
- Negotiation: A skilled negotiator with a broad range of skill sets
- Analysis: Skilled in being able to conduct analysis on complex data sets to provide concise insights
- Stakeholder Management: Strong stakeholder management skills, demonstrating ability to engage with stakeholders at multi levels
- Commercial reasoning
- Influencing
- Relationship management
- Project management
- Team working
- Communication
- Information systems
- Financial skills with the ability to monitor or contribute to the drawing up of department or service budgets or financial initiatives
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Professional operational service delivery and business management knowledge to degree equivalent plus further management experience or training to post graduate diploma level or equivalent
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- MCIPS Qualified or working towards MCIPS
Experience
Essential
- Good level of experience of sourcing activity in a relevant field
- Significant experience of stakeholder management in a customer and results focused environment
- Successful negotiation and implementation of purchasing agreements
- Performance management in a multi-site environment
- Evidence of providing and receiving complex information,
- Experience in being persuasive and motivational, with the ability to negotiate and train others
- Experience in handling complex facts or situations, requiring analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options
- Evidence of planning and organising a broad range of complex activities; and formulating, adjusting plans or strategies.
- Experience in using software or systems to develop performance, statistical or management reports
Desirable
- Experience in sourcing or procurement in non-clinical categories including but not limited to facilities management, IT and professional services
- Experience of working within the NHS and an understanding of current issues
- Previous experience of working as a Procurement Manager
- Experience of being responsible for policy implementation and/or supporting discrete policy or service development
- Experience of line management of a single function or department
Skills
Essential
- Negotiation: A skilled negotiator with a broad range of skill sets
- Analysis: Skilled in being able to conduct analysis on complex data sets to provide concise insights
- Stakeholder Management: Strong stakeholder management skills, demonstrating ability to engage with stakeholders at multi levels
- Commercial reasoning
- Influencing
- Relationship management
- Project management
- Team working
- Communication
- Information systems
- Financial skills with the ability to monitor or contribute to the drawing up of department or service budgets or financial initiatives
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
