Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£46,419 per annum

About the Role
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS trusts, providing a wide range of hospital and community services across south London and specialist care nationally. The Trust is home to leading centres including the largest dental school in Europe, a £160 million Cancer Centre, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, and one of the largest critical care units in the UK. In 2021, the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined the Trust, creating a world-renowned heart and lung centre.

As part of NHS London Procurement Partnership (NHS LPP), hosted by Guy’s and St Thomas’, this role offers the opportunity to join an ambitious procurement organisation supporting category work streams and customer teams. The NHS LPP Procurement Officer will lead sourcing strategies across multiple work streams, contribute to category strategy development, and provide expert advice on compliant procurement routes.

The role involves supporting and developing tender activity via the Atamis portal, maintaining detailed knowledge of member expenditure, identifying saving opportunities, and working collaboratively with NHS LPP members and other public sector bodies. You will be instrumental in delivering sustainable cost and service improvements primarily within the London NHS economy and beyond.

NHS LPP is proud to be accredited Investors in People and Disability Awareness and is committed to equality, diversity, and flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance.

Experience
- Educated to post-graduate level or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience
- Previous procurement experience or training

Desirable
- Evidence of CIPS qualification and progress towards professional chartered status

Skills
- Excellent administration and organisational skills
- Analytical competence and problem solving
- Ability to use eProcurement systems

Desirable
- Experience of sourcing including tender process from initial scoping to contract award

Ability
- Frequent requirement for high concentration levels to meet directives, strategy targets, policy production and implementation plans

About You
You will be a motivated and detail-oriented individual with strong analytical skills and a commitment to delivering value through procurement. You should be comfortable working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders and have a good understanding of UK and EU procurement law, gained through experience or training. A proactive approach to identifying savings and improving procurement processes is essential.