Job Title: Procurement Assistant
Function: Commercial
Location: Hybrid – working two days per week from our Daresbury office.
Type: Two fixed‑term maternity cover opportunities available: one 9‑month contract and one 12‑month contract.
Salary: £29,316
Closing Date: 15th July 2026
Overview
We have a great opportunity for a Procurement Assistant within our Medical Technologies. 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 and stakeholders, working to always deliver a high level of customer service and ensuring that relationships and processes are managed effectively to achieve overall targets.
Responsibilities
- Achieve specific procurement goals or provide support to others while following established procurement systems and protocols
- Explore and develop a strong understanding of external developments or emerging issues and evaluate their potential impact on or usefulness to the organisation
- Gather and report on information on existing contract performance and provide it as input to the new contract process
- Carry out simple contract management tasks
- Conduct research using primary data sources and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends
- Prepare moderately complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices such as standard office software
- Gather and summarise data for reports; extract relevant data from information provided by others and input it into spreadsheets or standard formats
- Develop a working knowledge of the organisation’s policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards
- Support stakeholder engagement by arranging actions, meetings, and events
- Collect and collate information on the key cost drivers, market dynamics and issues, areas of innovation, and alternative suppliers for more senior colleagues to provide solid market information for decision making
- Provide a quality service to customers while identifying opportunities to secure new business or support retention
- Process cases, deal with complex queries and investigate and resolve customer problems
What can we offer you?
- Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely
- Recognition of employees’ hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and colleague recognition awards
- 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days
- Development opportunities through in‑house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential
- Well‑being support, including one day of paid well‑being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
- Flexible Benefits Scheme: choose from benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions tailored to your needs
- Two days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community
- Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS discounts
About NHS Supply Chain
Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales. We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations.
Skills and Experience
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
- Ideally previous experience within a commercial, hospital or medical equipment environment
- Strong communication skills, able to convey information clearly, concisely and professionally to different audiences
- Ability to keep others well informed and build partnerships to meet shared objectives
- Capability to work without supervision and provide technical guidance when required on analysing data from multiple sources to draw appropriate conclusions and make suitable recommendations
- Proficiency in expressing ideas, requesting actions and formulating plans or policies without supervision
Our Inclusive Commitment
At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.
Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@supplychain.nhs.uk who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.
SCCL is a company Registered in England and Wales, with company number 10881715, to act as the management function of the NHS Supply Chain.
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