Job overview
NWSSP is responsible for the full Procure to pay process for all Health Boards, Trusts, and Special Health Authorities in Wales. A vacancy has arisen for a Assistant Procurement Business Manager within the North Wales Procurement team.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your procurement career in a dynamic, challenging, and high-profile environment. Candidates must be able to demonstrate the application of commercial skills, negotiation; relationship management of internal and external stakeholders
To be successful in this post, the candidate will be of a continuous improvement mindset; responsive to changes in priorities; be of a resilient personality; demonstrable track record in delivering creative and innovative service improvement solutions; manage heavy workload at pace; ensure policies and procedures are adhered to ensuring strategic and operational targets are delivered.
Although preferred, it is not essential to have experience of this category, as this learning can be provided as part of 'on the job' training and procurement/commercial skills are transferable.
The organisation recognises the challenges of recruiting high calibre candidates and has a number of bases across Wales.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
This role will require a dexterous professional character, who has the ability to be compliant with the processes, governance, frameworks and legislation that our professional standards dictate – whilst having the ability to be able to influence, negotiate and seek alternative solutions to the complex needs of NHS Wales; specifically with the challenging economic, financial and increasing evolution in technology which face our service delivery.
The Assistant Procurement Business Manager will network and collaborate with a wide-ranging variety of customers, stakeholders, suppliers, colleagues and external parties. Having the ability to be able to communicate to all key stakeholders, establish and maintain effective working relationships is a fundamental aspect of this role. As the work we do within Procurement Services is highly skilled, varied and complex you will need to build effective working relationships with your peers and upon meeting with customers and suppliers you will be a representative of our service and a professional manner is imperative.
The day-to-day skills of the Assistant Procurement Business Manager will be to ensure accuracy, compliance and the ability to be able to co-ordinate the complex work of the delivery of local targets; planning effectively the team’s work plans to ensure deadlines and targets are achieved through effective performance measurement of all key performance indicators.
Working for our organisation
At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating.
Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people.
Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers.
Offering a comprehensive benefits package, there is something for everyone. To find out more about working for us, the benefits we offer and guidance on the application process please visit
NWSSP work in an agile way where possible, all posts will have a contractual base but as part of agile ways of working that may mean working from home and other locations. We also look at how we balance flexibility with community, and how to manage opportunities to learn from each other.