Strategic Sourcing Manager

About The Role Are you looking for the next exciting opportunity in your procurement career? Are you looking for an opportunity where you can really make a difference? Role summary: We are looking for a new Strategic Sourcing Manager to join the procurement function at NHS Professionals reporting into the Head of Procurement. Skills/Responsibilities: Lead and manage the strategic sourcing and contract management of a portfolio of direct and indirect categories with an annual spend in excess of £40m, working closely with SRM, Purchasing and Commercial functions, and reporting into the Head of Procurement. Develop and implement comprehensive category strategies aligned to NHS Professionals (NHSP) business requirements. Responsible for the planning and timely project management and delivery of strategic sourcing strategies for designated areas of spend. Work collaboratively with the business to drive appropriate stakeholder engagement and ensure good information flow on sourcing activities and contract implementation. Contract drafting and negotiations. Authorisation and control of new products and supplier requests. Identify and lead cross-functional opportunities both internally and externally. Develop, agree, and communicate category strategy, objectives, and implementation activities to key internal stakeholders and suppliers. Work closely with both SRM and Purchasing, ensuring seamless and collaborative engagement and hand-offs. Ensure that all team members are aware of and adhere to all customer-related policies and processes including Health & Safety, Data Protection and other legislative requirements. Create a motivated, high-performance culture where measures are fair and consistent and failure to achieve is addressed promptly through honest conversations, support, and coaching. Ensure mechanisms are in place to identify and satisfy training needs and skills gaps to enable all individuals to grow whilst strengthening the team as a whole. Manage team members who report to you inclusive of sickness, annual leave, and appraisals. Daily visible leadership and management of the department. About The Candidate To be successful in this post you will need to: Have a collaborative and engaging approach. Have several years' experience in a similar role working with high-value contracts. Ideally hold a CIPS or other relevant qualification (desirable). Be able to manage priorities. Work under pressure sometimes with challenging and variable timescales and deadlines. Engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels. Be an experienced negotiator with a modern and creative approach to maximising value for NHSP and its suppliers and clients. Experience in managing a team to reach their full potential. About Us In return for your commitment, we will offer you some fantastic benefits: Generous annual leave allowance

- 27 days per year, plus bank holidays. A commitment to talent management & development. Star of the Month!

- Our star of the month award enables you to recognise colleagues or teams that have gone the extra mile and they could win £100 worth of shopping vouchers. Pension

– We’ll contribute up to 10% towards your pension if you join our stakeholder pension scheme. Life Assurance. Group Income Protection. Wellbeing Programme. Employee Assistance Programme. Employee Engagement & discounts platform. About Us: NHS Professionals (NHSP) run the largest NHS flexible staff bank, placing highly skilled temporary workers in NHS Trusts to meet their short, medium and long-term needs. Uniquely we are owned by the Department of Health and Social Care and we therefore reinvest any surplus we make directly back into the NHS. We are particularly proud of being the first NHS organisation to gain the accreditation of

Top Employer

by the Top Employers Institute. This is a huge testament to our ongoing commitment to making NHSP a great place to work for all our corporate employees.

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