Strategy Lead
Job Posted: 18 December 2025
Job Updated: 18 December 2025
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Job Title Strategy Lead
Function: Strategy & Change
Location: Nottingham/Hybrid
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £64,062 with potential to rise to £75,367 over 3 years
Closing Date: Thursday 1st January 2026
NHS Supply Chain currently has an opportunity for a Strategy Lead to join our team during an exciting period of transformation, working to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first and to deliver against our strategic objectives.
We are seeking an experienced Strategy Lead who will be responsible for working collaboratively with the business to create and implement Directorate strategies and quality outcomes. Developing market models and business scenario modelling, managing, and maintaining core strategic artefacts so we have one corporate version of the truth for key presentations and models and leading the Strategy Analysts to deliver key strategy projects
Every day you will …
1. Partner with the business to create and implement Directorate strategies, that align with the corporate strategy.
2. Use data from a wide range of sources to analyse key themes and identify possible impacts on the business, improving decision making and outcomes.
3. Contribute to the development of annual and longer-term business plans; forecast performance against business KPIs
4. Develop business cases for key activities/projects; and estimate the financial and human resources required to deliver performance targets.
5. Communicate the local action plan; explain how this relates to the Directorates strategy and action plan and the broader organisation’s mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.
6. Develop and deliver elements of a strategic planning system.
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:
7. Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.
8. We recognise our employees’ hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleagues awards.
9. 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
10. We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
11. A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
12. Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
13. 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.
14. 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community.
15. Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.