Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£63,176 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 for patients from further afield. The Trust is renowned for clinical excellence, high quality teaching, research, and a commitment to patient-centred care. It is part of King’s Health Partners and works closely with King’s College London to deliver world-leading clinical research and healthcare services.

The Procurement Category Support Specialist will join the Procurement Shared Services Team within NHS London Procurement Partnership (NHS LPP), delivering tendering and associated procurement activities on behalf of NHS LPP members. This role involves leading end-to-end tendering processes via the Atamis e-procurement portal and advising internal and external stakeholders on the best route to market to meet their objectives.

The post holder will provide professional procurement advice to a range of stakeholders including senior managers and directors within the NHS, as well as suppliers, ensuring compliant procurement processes. A detailed understanding of EU and UK Procurement Law is essential, gained through experience or equivalent academic training.

Key responsibilities include developing and implementing tender activities, creating Framework Agreements and Dynamic Markets, running Further Competitions, and supporting sourcing strategies for NHS LPP members’ non-pay spend. The role requires maintaining a detailed understanding of member expenditure through data analysis and benchmarking.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, supporting flexible working arrangements and a healthy work-life balance for all employees.

Experience
- Proven experience in sourcing including full tendering processes from initial scoping to contract award
- Experience preparing and presenting reports
- Experience working in a purchasing function is essential
- Experience in a healthcare-related organisation is desirable

About you
- Strong organisational and administrative skills
- Excellent IT skills
- Ability to provide professional procurement advice to senior stakeholders and suppliers
- Motivated to work within a complex NHS environment and committed to delivering high quality procurement services

Qualifications
- Good general education
- Evidence of CIPS qualification and progress towards professional chartered status
- Previous procurement experience or training to masters level or equivalent
- Detailed understanding of EU and UK Procurement Law obtained through experience or formal training