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Job summary

Main area
Procurement
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Hybrid pattern of both office and home working)
Job ref
190-1738-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern General Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£57,528 - £64,750 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/07/2026 23:59
Interview date
03/08/2026

Employer heading

NHS

Strategic IT Procurement Manager

NHS AfC: Band 8a

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

 

To lead commercial strategy development in IT for areas of non-pay spend. Manage the team responsible for delivery of the strategy to ensure successful  delivery.   To take responsibility for negotiating high-value tenders and contracts for goods and services, achieving the most advantageous outcomes for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Sheffield Children’s Hospital Trusts.

To lead on national, and regional South Yorkshire wide procurement initiatives. To operate effective information systems to ensure accessibility of data that adds value to decision making. To achieve efficiency targets in line with the Trusts formal Cost Improvement Plans.

To take responsibility for the management of senior supplier relationships and contracts and building collaborative relationships to deliver positive outcomes for the Trust. To take responsibility for managing commercial risk in the areas of responsibility. To deputise for the Head of Corporate Procurement.

Main duties of the job

 

To lead commercial strategy development in IT for areas of non-pay spend. Manage the team responsible for delivery of the strategy to ensure successful   delivery.  

To take responsibility for negotiating high-value tenders and contracts for goods and services, achieving the most advantageous outcomes for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Sheffield Children’s Hospital Trusts.

To lead on national, and regional South Yorkshire wide procurement initiatives. To operate effective information systems to ensure accessibility of data that adds value to decision making.

To achieve efficiency targets in line with the Trusts formal Cost Improvement Plans.

To take responsibility for the management of senior supplier relationships and contracts and building collaborative relationships to deliver positive outcomes for the Trust.

To take responsibility for managing commercial risk in the areas of responsibility. To deputise for the Head of Corporate Procurement.

Working for our organisation

 

 

STH Procurement and Logistics team provide a procurement service to the 5 hospital sites in Sheffield including Northern General, Hallamshire, Jessops, Weston Park and Charles Clifford. We also provide a full Procurement service to Sheffield Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust.

We are currently hybrid working with a minimum of 1 day per week office attendance required at our offices at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield, though it is highly likely that you will want to attend site more than this at the start of your role whilst you become embedded.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STH) is one of the UK’s biggest providers of integrated hospital and community-based healthcare, providing a comprehensive range of local and tertiary services to the residents of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Mid Yorkshire and North Derbyshire and also some highly specialist services to all parts of England.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

 

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience
  • Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply Diploma (MCIPS), or degree in business-related subject
  • MBA or MSC in Procurement / Supply Chain or equivalent level of experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive direct involvement in Procurement of IT Provisions
  • Deep experience of managing complex IT tenders and commercial arrangements
  • Experience of influencing decisions and building highly effective relationships
  • Experience of market engagement and developing category strategies
  • Experience of leading a team working in a hybrid environment to deliver results.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Basic management/supervision training
  • Commercial Negotiation training
  • Category strategy development skills
  • Excellent numerical and analytical skills
  • Excellent communications skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and negotiate where necessary
  • Ability to prioritise a wide range of competing priorities of own workload and that of the team.
  • Knowledge of Contract Law
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of best practice procurement for Corporate products and services in a public sector environment.
  • Project Management training

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Ability to command the respect and engagement of senior supply side representatives.
  • Commercially innovative and creative within the boundaries of good practice and the law.
  • Resilient: adaptable to change
  • Demonstrable leadership qualities

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Emma Needham
Job title
Head of Corporate Procurement
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07984411910
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