Procurement Assistant
Job Posted: 8 May 2026
Job Updated: 8 May 2026
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Job Title: Procurement Assistant
Function: Commercial
Location: Hybrid working 2 days a week in our Daresbury office.
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £28,489 with potential to rise to £31,655 over 3 years
Closing Date: Friday 22nd May, 2026.
NHS Supply Chain currently has an opportunity for a Procurement assistant to join our team during an exciting period of transformation, working to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first.
We have a great opportunity for a Procurement Assistant within our Commercial Diagnostic team. The Procurement Assistant will work as an integral member of the category teams, ensuring the procurement processes are managed within identified KPIs. They will support the delivery of the end-to-end procurement process for our customers/stakeholders, working to always deliver a high level of customer service to all stakeholders ensuring that relationships and processes are managed effectively allowing overall targets to be achieved.
Every day you will
1. Support procurement activities by delivering agreed objectives and following established procurement systems, processes, and protocols
2. Collect, analyse, and report on contract performance, market trends, cost drivers, and supplier information to support new and existing contracts
3. Undertake basic contract management activities, including maintaining records, supporting reviews, and contributing to the development of new contracts
4. Prepare accurate reports, documents, and spreadsheets using standard office software, ensuring data is gathered, summarised, and presented clearly
5. Provide effective stakeholder and customer support by coordinating meetings and actions, managing queries, resolving issues, and supporting engagement activities
What can we offer you?
We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:
6. Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.
7. We recognise our employees’ hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and colleague recognition awards.
8. 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
9. We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
10. A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
11. Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
12. Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
13. 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community.
14. Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.