Group Procurement Director

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of procurement and supply chain services across Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group. We have created this new role to lead the development of a single Group procurement service, bringing together three established Trust teams into one high-performing, collaborative function.

Our Group was established in May 2025, bringing together three Trusts under a shared strategic leadership model. Together, we serve approximately 1.2 million people and employ more than 16,000 colleagues across one of England's largest and most geographically dispersed acute healthcare systems.

The role reflects our ambition to build a modern, commercially focused and insight-led function that supports excellent patient care, strengthens financial sustainability and delivers greater value through collaboration, standardisation and scale.

This opportunity is about far more than procurement. The successful candidate will lead the sensitive integration of three established teams into a single Group service, creating a shared identity, consistent standards and a more strategic approach to procurement and supply chain management. This will require strong people leadership, a clear vision and the ability to unite colleagues behind a common purpose while retaining the local relationships and operational responsiveness.

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This is a genuinely Group-wide appointment. The Group Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Finance Officers of all three Trusts are fully aligned behind this ambition and strongly committed to making the new service a success.

The postholder will have the visibility, sponsorship and executive support needed to strengthen commercial capability, improve value, enhance supplier partnerships and contribute to major strategic programmes, including corporate service integration, digital transformation and significant capital investment.

We have talented teams, strong foundations and committed leadership. What we now need is an exceptional leader who can set a clear direction and establish procurement and supply chain services as a trusted strategic partner across the Group.

For the right individual, this is an opportunity to build something lasting and create meaningful impact across three hospitals serving 1.2 million people. I hope you will be inspired by the scale of the opportunity and the challenge ahead. We look forward to hearing from you.

The newly formed Norfolk & Waveney University Hospitals Group (NWUHG) is placing people and culture at the heart of its transformation.

By working as one system, the Group is strengthening workforce development, improving staff experience, and creating consistent, supportive leadership across all three hospitals. This unified approach enables better training, enhanced well-being support, and a stronger culture rooted in compassion, flexibility, and continuous learning.

Focusing on people also supports national priorities--ensuring the workforce is skilled, adaptable, and ready for future models of care--and strengthens NWUHG's overall performance by improving quality, resilience, and sustainability.

Together, this creates a Groupwide commitment to making NWUHG a great place to work, with clear benefits for staff including:

Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service

Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site

Discounted gym memberships

Generous pension scheme and annual leave entitlement

Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it

Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site

Free 24-hours confidential counselling support

On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane

On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane

Flexible staff bank

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

PRIORITIES FOR THE POSTHOLDER Develop and implement a Group procurement and commercial strategy aligned with clinical, financial and corporate priorities.

Create a consistent operating model for category management, sourcing, purchasing, contract management, supplier relationship management and commercial assurance.

Lead sustainable savings and value improvement programmes without compromising quality, safety or patient outcomes.

Improve visibility and control of third-party expenditure through high-quality data, governance and digital processes.

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