Procurement Buyer

Procurement Buyer

43 Churchgate, Bolton BL1 1HU

Full-time position, 37.5 hours per week, 5 days a week.

£30,000-£38,000

Here at Spa Medica, our focus is on patient care, safety and satisfaction. As the UK's largest provider of NHS cataract surgery, we're experts at what we do, and that's evidenced in the five-star feedback we receive from our patients.

Joining us as a Procurement Buyer you will support our visions and values of safety, integrity, kindness and transparency are embedded in our day to day care to ensure we deliver the best service possible.

All of Spa Medica's hospitals inspected by the CQC have been rated as 'Good' or 'Outstanding'.

As a Procurement Buyer you will provide analytical, reporting, and operational support to the procurement function, enabling data-driven decision making, effective supplier management, and compliant procurement processes. The role is responsible for delivering high-quality procurement insight, analysing spend and supplier performance data, supporting category management activities and strategies, tracking and validating procurement savings, and identifying opportunities to improve cost efficiency, supplier performance, and business value.

The role also encompasses supplier management, delivering tender activities and building robust stakeholder relationships.

• Produce and maintain procurement dashboards, spend analyses, savings reports, and supplier performance metrics.
• Support the tracking, validation, and reporting of procurement savings and value-add initiatives, ensuring benefits are accurately recorded and evidenced.
• Monitor and report supplier performance against agreed KPIs, service levels, and contractual obligations, highlighting risks and improvement opportunities.
• Prepare monthly supplier performance and procurement activity reports for key stakeholders.
• Support category planning activities through data analysis, market intelligence, spend reviews, and supplier research.
• Drive continuous improvement of procurement reporting through enhanced data quality, automation, and insight generation.
• Support business-wide compliance with procurement policies, procedures, and governance requirements.
• Maintain accurate procurement data, contract registers, supplier records, and reporting tools.
• Support sourcing and tender activities by preparing documentation, analysing supplier submissions and coordinating evaluations.
• Develop sourcing recommendations and make supplier selection decisions alongside preparing business cases for stakeholder approval.
• Liaise directly with suppliers to obtain quotations, product information, compliance documentation, and performance data.
• Conduct market research and benchmarking activities to build procurement strategies, supplier evaluations, and risk assessments.
• Support contract renewals and supplier re-tendering activities to ensure continuity of supply and value for money.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders.

We're proud to be Investors In People Platinum Accredited which puts us in the top 7% of IIP organisations.

We are rated a great place to work and hold awards for GPTW Best Workplaces for Development
, Women and Wellbeing
.

• 22 days holiday (increasing with length of service) + Bank Holidays
• Discretionary Performance bonuses awarded twice a year;
  • Company performance bonus
  • Personal performance bonus
• Professional membership fee reimbursement
• Enhanced Maternity & Adoption pay
• Free flu vaccinations and DBS
• Reimbursement for eye tests and glasses (up to £75)
• Eligibility for Bluelight card
• Continuous training and development (apprenticeships, internal development programmes)
• Recommend a Friend Scheme (£350 reward for both)
• Access to exclusive discounts, colleague perks, online recognition and wellbeing hub on our Spa Medica&Me platform

We may close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications or successfully appoint a candidate.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. Therefore, a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) will be necessary to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Spa Medica is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. We ensure our people are truly…