NWSSP Legal & Risk Services
Assistant Procurement Business Manager
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Job Overview
An opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Procurement Business Manager to join the Cardiff & Vale Integrated Procurement Partnership Team at Woodland House, Cardiff.
If you’re looking for a career in Procurement that keeps you motivated, offers potential for personal development and puts you in a position to make a positive difference to the NHS in Wales, then NWSSP Procurement Services has a career that will interest you.
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 utilize skills to deliver in the complex changing environment throughout NHS Wales. A resilient personality and track record of delivering creative and innovative solutions are required for success in this role.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
The organization recognizes the challenges of recruiting high-caliber candidates and has a number of bases across Wales. Whilst the preferred base would be Woodland House in Cardiff, hybrid working is a benefit of this role, the successful candidate will be office-based/home-based 3/2 days per week, and discussions may be held in this regard with the successful candidate.
Main duties of the job
NWSSP - NHS Wales Procurement Shared Service is an established Procurement Service assisting the Health Boards and Trusts across Wales to deliver patient-centred services. We are an award-winning service focusing on value, safety, excellence, innovation, and quality. As a Procurement Service, we have an obligation to provide stakeholders and customers with the best quality service, ensuring the right product, provision, or service has been sourced and supplied efficiently and at the right price for all of Wales. Our aim is to have seamless procurement processes in place that release clinical time to focus on patient care and develop a value-based procurement approach based around patient outcomes.
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NWSSP Procurement Team has a vacancy for an Assistant Procurement Business Manager.
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 utilize skills to deliver in the complex changing environment throughout NHS Wales. A resilient personality and track record of delivering creative and innovative solutions are required for success in this role.
Working for our organisation
At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility, and Innovating.
Our organization encourages an agile working approach, and we pride ourselves on being a learning organization motivated by continuous improvement.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity, and inclusion, focusing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people.
Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers.
Offering a comprehensive benefits package, there is something for everyone. To find out more about working for us, the benefits we offer, and guidance on the application process, please visit https://nwssp.nhs.wales/working-for-us/
NWSSP works in an agile way where possible, all posts will have a contractual base, but as part of agile ways of working, that may mean working from home and other locations. We also look at how we balance flexibility with community, and how to manage opportunities to learn from each other.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified to CIPS Level 4 (Diploma) or equivalent CIPS Knowledge / Experience which can be demonstrated
- Ability to be able to define your understanding of: Category management, Risk management
- An understanding of the external influences that could impact Procurement Services in NHS Wales
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of EU procurement.
- Understanding of performance and process improvement, best practice principles, and benchmarking
- Knowledge of Health Boards and Trusts Procurement processes/procedures
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Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to drive and lead a comprehensive data gathering on products and suppliers
- Ability to communicate complex information effectively to multidisciplinary groups of staff and customers at all levels.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience of delivering complex procurement projects
- Experience of managing multiple projects simultaneously
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of Quality standards and working with ISO policies and procedures.
- Demonstrate experience of contributing to the business planning processes; assisting development of a contract plan and savings plan
We are committed to flexible working and equal opportunities.
If you are short-listed for an interview, you will be contacted by email using the email address with which you registered. Please ensure that you check your email account regularly.
Prior consideration for this vacancy will be given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.
When applying for this post, it is essential that you read the Job Description and Person Specification (where available) and demonstrate how your skills, knowledge, and experience meet the requirements of the person specification. Only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non-UK/RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower, and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
- JDPS English (PDF, 290.8KB)
- SDMP Cymraeg (PDF, 283.6KB)
- Functional Requirements Form (PDF, 656.5KB)
- NWSSP Recruitment Services Privacy Notice (PDF, 404.2KB)
- NWSSP - About Us (PDF, 6.6MB)
- NWSSP - Our Benefits (PDF, 490.4KB)
- NWSSP - Buddion (PDF, 458.9KB)
- PCGC -Amdanom (PDF, 6.7MB)
- Guidance Notes for Applicants (PDF, 322.5KB)
- Integrated Medium Term Plan 2025-2028 (PDF, 15.1MB)
- Integrated Medium Term Plan 2025-2028 - Cymraeg (PDF, 18.0MB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name: Iliass Dadda
- Job title: Senior Procurement Business Manager
- Email address: iliass.dadda@wales.nhs.uk
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