NHS Supply Chain
Supplier Manager - COM/SRM/SM02
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Job Title: Supplier Manager
Function: Commercial
Location: Hybrid – 2 days office based; Nottingham, Wakefield or Sheffield.
Contract type: FTC -12mth
Salary: £47,874 with the potential to rise to £56,322 over 3 years
Closing Date: 22nd July 2026
We have an exciting opportunity within NHS Supply Chain for a Supplier Manager to join the NHSSC Supplier Relationship Management team.
As a core pillar of our Supplier Management Function, our supplier relationship formal programme through robust evaluation criteria and internal stakeholder engagement, identifies our Strategic, Preferred and Key suppliers to work with via a dedicated Relationship Manager in a structured framework.
The role will drive activities to identify and maximise value above and beyond that initially set out in the initial commercial award. The function benefits from a number of standardised management tools to support delivery, including a drumbeat tactical and strategic engagement structure and value release identification methodology. This cannot be done in isolation, so your passion to build and maintain a broad network of stakeholder relationships, with the ability to deliver change through others and influence outcomes across all levels of the organisation for mutual gain will be critical to make the difference.
Every day you will …
- Evolve the supplier relationships on behalf of the organisation, ensuring that stakeholders are mapped and involved in all aspects throughout the contract lifecycle
- Co-ordinate and track the development of value improvement activities, acting as the Project Management Office, to ensure that resources and outcomes are optimised
- Develop your cross-directorate category knowledge and gain a deeper understanding of the end-to-end supply chains through working with commercial experts to support decision making
- Influence cross-functionally across organisational boundaries to enable change
What can we offer you?
We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:
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- Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.
- We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleagues' awards.
- 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
- We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
- A focus on your well-being, offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
- Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
- 2 days of paid volunteering leave, allowing you to give back to your community.
- Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.
NHS Supply Chain, who are we?
Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.
We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.
What skills will help you thrive in this role?
- Professional qualification within procurement or supplier management disciplines or studying towards qualification (e.g. CIPS Level 6, ASCM CSCP..) or equivalent calibre
- Experience of equivalent Procurement and Supply chain roles, with the commercial acumen to manage relationships with complex, often global, supplier organisations
- A proven ability to manage Supplier Relationship Management Plans, ideally within an existing SRM formal programme structure, skilled in obtaining buy-in for SRM strategies and Supplier categorisation with key stakeholders.
- Demonstrable ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing, and lead presentations, training courses, and effective meetings.
- Excellent communication, facilitation and coaching skills – ideal for driving group discussions, idea generation, problem solving and consensus forming activities.
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Want to develop your career with the NHS Supply Chain? Then apply below or reach out for an informal discussion about the role in confidence by emailing us at Careers@supplychain.nhs.uk
Our Inclusive Commitment
At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.
Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@supplychain.nhs.uk who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.
We reserve the right to close any vacancy from further submissions when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
SCCL is a company Registered in England and Wales, with company number 10881715, to act as the management function of the NHS Supply Chain.
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