Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£72,921 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 comprehensive range of hospital and community services across south London and beyond. The Trust is renowned for clinical excellence, teaching, research, and a commitment to delivering the best possible patient experience. As part of King’s Health Partners, the Trust benefits from world-class clinical research facilities and a highly engaged workforce.

This Senior Procurement Business Partner role is pivotal in delivering the NHS London Procurement Partnership (NHS LPP) vision and strategy to become a world-class procurement partner of choice for the NHS and wider public sector. You will lead the Procurement Business Partner (PBP) team, ensuring consistent procurement advice and support across NHS LPP member Trusts, as well as supporting non-member NHS Trusts and other public sector organisations.

This is a challenging and influential position requiring a proactive, fast-paced approach to managing procurement activities. You will act as the senior procurement interface between NHS LPP and member Trusts, providing expert advice through regular on-site presence and managing collaborative procurement initiatives alongside category and commercial delivery teams.

Key responsibilities include delivering savings targets, increasing uptake of NHS LPP routes to market, managing the PBP team, supporting multi-Trust collaborative procurements, and maintaining trusted advisor relationships with stakeholders. The role demands compliance with statutory procurement requirements and a strong focus on customer service and continuous improvement.

Experience
- Extensive public sector procurement experience including strategic sourcing, above threshold tendering, spend analytics, catalogue purchasing, and framework call-offs
- Proven ability to manage the end-to-end procurement lifecycle (planning, defining, procuring, and managing)
- Experience in analytics and management reporting
- Strong public sector customer service and stakeholder management skills
- Desirable: Experience working within a Trust procurement team and for an accredited NHSE framework host

About you
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage complex, multi-faceted projects
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to develop effective solutions tailored to diverse stakeholder needs
- Skilled in developing and implementing communication strategies
- Proactive, innovative, and committed to delivering best-in-class procurement services
- Ability to build trusted advisor relationships and work collaboratively across multiple organisations

Qualifications
- Essential: Professional procurement qualification (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) or equivalent extensive procurement experience demonstrated through proven delivery
- In-depth knowledge of public sector procurement and contract management legislation
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent professional experience
- Desirable: PRINCE2 qualification or equivalent project management experience