Category Buyer Digital & IT - NHS SBS

Are you ready to launch your career in Public Sector Procurement within the Digital & IT field? Then we've got the job for you!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Category Buyer to join our growing Digital & IT Category team, where you'll support several upcoming projects. You'll help with a delegated category portfolio to implement strategic sourcing, develop customer relationships, and work to strengthen relationships with existing key suppliers.
We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.

This position is predominantly home based, but there is an expectation to attend our Salford office once/ twice per month and/ or where business needs are required.

What you'll be doing:

• Acting as first point of contact for collaborators of all levels supporting and assisting in an efficient and timely manner in order to establish and build on existing relationships.


• Delivering a strategic procurement and commercial service for our Public Sector organisation client partners with an allocated portfolio of categories.


• Supporting the Category Managers with collecting, and analysing data to help predict forecasts and trends, handling and processing customer feedback.


• Supporting the wider team with general administrative and tasks.


• Future proofing contract decisions by conducting robust research and fact-based market intelligence to support the adoption of innovation, evaluation and supporting the evaluation and award process.


• Supporting the end-to-end tender process ensuring all parties are well advised.


What you'll bring:

• Experience of working within a procurement setting.


• Experience of handling a shared mailbox.


• Excellent IT and Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word and Outlook).


• Data input/ extract experience.


• Collaborator management.


• Project management.


It would be great if you had:

• CIPS or willingness to undertake.


• Experience and/or knowledge or working with the NHS and/or Public Sector.


• Knowledge of Procurement Contract Regulations 2015 and New Procurement Act 2023.


• Knowledge/ experience of Procurement ERP systems, eSourcing tools.


If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Salford

Security Clearance Level: DBS

Internal Recruiter: Amy

Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams' expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence.

We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level.

Would you like to join us on our journey?


• Experience of working within a procurement setting.


• Experience of handling a shared mailbox.


• Excellent IT and Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word and Outlook).


• Data input/ extract experience.


• Collaborator management.


• Project management.


It would be great if you had:

• CIPS or willingness to undertake.


• Experience and/or knowledge or working with the NHS and/or Public Sector.


• Knowledge of Procurement Contract Regulations 2015 and New Procurement Act 2023.


• Knowledge/ experience of Procurement ERP systems, eSourcing tools.
  
  NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams' expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence.


We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.