Nuffield Health
Senior Buyer Professional Services
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Senior Buyer Professional Services
Senior Buyer – Professional Services
Location: Epsom and Barbican, London Working Arrangement: Hybrid Field: Procurement Contract Type: Fixed Term (6 Months) – Full-Time Hours: 37.5 hours per week Salary: Competitive (depending on experience)
Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest healthcare charity, building a healthier nation, one day at a time. From award-winning hospitals and fitness facilities to inclusive community programmes, we’re redefining wellbeing across the UK. If you share our commitment to excellence and transformation, join us.
We’re seeking an experienced Senior Buyer – Professional Services to join our Procurement team on a fixed-term contract. This is a chance to drive strategic sourcing initiatives, build stakeholder and supplier relationships, and deliver best-value outcomes—all while contributing to our mission of improving lives.
About the Role
As Senior Buyer – Professional Services, you’ll play a key role in sourcing solutions for Corporate Professional Services, ensuring cost efficiency, quality, and performance across the organisation.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercial, collaborative, and impact-driven Buyer to influence decisions, manage supplier risks, and deliver cost reductions while maintaining alignment with business strategy.
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Key Responsibilities
- Partner with business stakeholders to analyze strategic procurement needs
- Lead sourcing initiatives and develop category strategies
- Provide market insights and technical expertise to optimize procurement decisions
- Collaborate across Operations, IT, and Professional Services teams
- Identify, assess, and mitigate supplier risks
- Deliver projects using procurement methodologies while driving standardization
- Manage supplier relationships to ensure value, quality, and performance
- Drive cost control, cost reductions, service improvements, and risk management
Essential Requirements
- Proven experience in procurement, preferably within Professional Services or Corporate sectors
- Strong background in sourcing, category management, and supplier relationship management
- Ability to influence stakeholders and work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment
- Commercial acumen, including total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis
- Working knowledge of contract law principles
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
- Proven ability to deliver results-driven outcomes
Key Benefits
Wellbeing-First Culture At Nuffield Health, we prioritize your health, happiness, and fulfilment. Enjoy a Why not enjoy our benefits? Our package includes:
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- Flexible fitness rewards, including discounts on gym memberships and wellbeing activities
- Health assessments and lifestyle support
- Retail discounts from partner partners
- Pension plans and financial wellness support
- Family support schemes, including childcare vouchers
Our Difference
Nuffield Health isn’t just a healthcare provider—it’s a nation-building charity. For 60+ years, we’ve championed healthier outcomes by:
- Operating 31 award-winning hospitals and 113 fitness wellbeing centers
- Delivering healthcare clinics and workplace wellbeing services
- Reinvesting 100% of income into legacy-changing care, innovation, and community impact
Here, you can help transform lives—whether directly in our facilities or behind the scenes ensuring the resources we provide are cream of the crop.
Ready to Make an Impact?
As we review applications on a rolling basis, now is the perfect time to apply—we reserve the right to close the role early if filled.
Apply today! It starts with us—and now, it could start with you.
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