Job summary
- Main area
- Procurement
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 444-7753509-CORP
- Employer
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wayside House
- Town
- Coventry
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/02/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 02/03/2026
Employer heading
Procurement Manager
NHS AfC: Band 7
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’
Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.
PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
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Job overview
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust a looking for a highly capable Band 7 Procurement Manager to support the delivery of an extensive multi category workplan. The role will attract someone with a general procurement background who is used to working across a wide range of categories, including Digital, Corporate and Estates and Facilities. The role involves a high level of independence and ability to run sourcing activities as well as negotiate with stakeholders and suppliers. Experience of working in a regulated environment is important. Experience of working in Healthcare would be useful.
The role will support the Head of Contracting and Procurement to track savings and quality improvement benefits to NHS Trusts to deliver best value to the Trust
The post holder will be expected to ensure that the Trust undertakes procurements in line with legislation and best practice and its own SFIs and in a manner that secures best value for the public purse.
flexibility is necessary to ensure that deadlines are achieved, which may require additional hours over and above the contracted level and may require working from home.
This is a hybrid post where the holder works from home but is based at the Trust Headquarters, where they may be asked to attend meeting from time to time. The post holder will require independent access to transport to attend meetings across the West Midlands.
Main duties of the job
The key responsibilities are:
- Provide practical support to deliver the procurement workplan
- Supervise and support Contracting and Procurement staff in delivering high quality commercial activity in a timely manner.
- Oversee all relevant allocated tenders, quotation processes and competitions to ensure best value for money is delivered in accordance with the Trust SFI’s.
- Report activity and delivery of work plan to the Head of Contracting and Procurement.
- Liaise directly with relevant stakeholder (internal and external) in delivery the required workplans.
Working for our organisation
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support group
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Work in partnership with stakeholders to identify opportunities and requirements to produce and deliver the Trust CIP targets and Contracting and Procurement Workplan.
· Provide direct management and support to deliver complex/high value and also low value procurement exercises in line with legislation, commercial and contract law, environmental and sustainability requirements as well as Trust SFI’s and governance mechanisms:
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- to ensure the production of complete, accurate and relevant procurement documentation for all goods and services, which incorporate lifetime costing methodologies, appropriate evaluation criteria, and bidder evaluation questions.
- producing regulatory compliant advertisements, tender and contract documentation.
- supporting the development of relevant commercial strategies and appraisals including advice on service re-design and cost efficiency approaches, working in partnership to provide future proofed and innovative procurement solutions and demonstrating best value for money.
- managing and supporting at tender adjudication meetings, acting as chairperson or mediator, to ensure a satisfactory and compliant outcome is achieved.
- attend Trust sites as required to engage at all levels within the organisation, to ensure the requirements of the Service Level Agreement are met.
- Work to continuously improve the quality of service provided and raise the profile of the Procurement and Contracting Team.
· Provide advice to staff on contractual and commercial matters and specification development, as well as training and guidance for stakeholders and potential bidders. This advice and expertise can be in highly complex areas and involve detailed and up-to-date knowledge of areas such as UK Government public procurement legislation and case law.
· Work closely with all stakeholders to ensure they produce complete, accurate and relevant specifications, evaluation models and associated documents.
· Identify and manage risk throughout the procurement process.
· Deliver commercial/contractual advice and guidance to Clients for all goods and services based on research of the relevant markets and where appropriate, robust market engagement.
· Contributes to the achievement of cost and quality improvements in a challenging environment, through effective procurement and where appropriate, innovative methods of evaluating tenders.
· Provide advice and expertise in all aspects of procurement activity to stakeholder organisations including providers and potential providers.
· Work with colleagues to share good practice, ensure templates and governance reflect latest thinking and ensure that corporate objectives are achieved. Support the management of purchasing policies and procedures to ensure they are in line with changes in procurement legislation, Financial Policy and governance arrangements. This also incorporates the implementation of best practice and innovative procurement techniques.
Person specification
Qualifications and skills
Essential criteria
- Degree
- Experience at a senior level in similar role
- knowledge of contract law and legislation
- Staff management experience
- purchasing experience
- Experience of report writing and presenting information
- Project management skills
- Demonstrate good communication skills
- Knowledge of MS packages and databases ,s preadsheets
- organisational and analytical skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paul Raymond
- Job title
- Head of Contracting and Procurment
- Email address
- [email protected]
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