Senior IT Procurement Manager

A senior procurement post within the Procurement team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, reporting to the Strategic Procurement Manager and covering IT spend for both the Trust and Sheffield Children's Hospital. The role leads high-value, complex IT goods and services tenders and builds category strategies, advising stakeholders on contracting within public procurement rules. Specialist guidance on a designated category and savings targets sit alongside home or remote working.

Significant direct IT procurement experience and an MCIPS or business-related degree decide fit.

• Lead high-value and complex tenders and contracts for IT goods and services, seeking the most economically advantageous outcomes for both Trusts
• Develop procurement strategies for specialist product and service categories and for the Trusts as a whole
• Act as category expert in designated areas, giving specialist guidance on best practice, compliance and value for money
• Develop procurement strategies with managers and stakeholders for agreed categories of spend
• Advise stakeholders on contracting within public procurement regulations and the Trust's internal regulations and policies
• Build stakeholder relationships and drive collaboration and forward planning for non-pay activity
• Identify opportunities for directorate savings
• Achieve savings targets in line with the Trust's formal Savings Plan
• Operate effective information systems so that data supports decision making
• Provide an effective and efficient procurement service across a range of stakeholders

• GCSE Maths and English at grade C/4 or above, or equivalent
• Achieved or working towards the CIPS MCIPS diploma, or a business-related degree

• Significant direct involvement in IT procurement
• Responsibility for managing complex tenders
• Experience of managing staff

• Basic management or supervision training
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrable leadership qualities

• MBA or MSc in Procurement or Supply Chain
• Commercial negotiation training
• Project management training

• Commitments to professional development
• Policies supporting work-life balance
• Flexible working
• Home or remote working