Transactional Procurement Partner

Do you have a sharp eye for detail and a passion for delivering exceptional results?

At NHS Shared Business Services, we’re excited to welcome a driven, adaptable individual who can help strengthen our strong reputation for service excellence. We’re currently recruiting for a Transactional Procurement Partner to join our Integrated Procurement Services team. This team plays a vital role in delivering front-line procurement services, particularly within the Purchase to Pay process—turning customer needs into Purchase Orders and ensuring smooth invoice payment workflows.

In this role, you'll report to the Transactional Procurement Service Manager and be a key player in managing our Oracle system to efficiently build and maintain Purchase Orders. You’ll also work closely with a variety of internal and external partners, helping to make sure seamless end-to-end service delivery.

While the role is primarily remote, quarterly meetings in Salford and occasional collaborative office days will be required.

We want you to fulfil your potential, while you’re supported, encouraged, inspired and empowered. After all, your success starts with your wellbeing. But we don’t believe in all work, no play. From buying extra annual leave days, to discounts on gym memberships, our leisure and lifestyle benefits offer savings and discounts to help you make the most of your downtime.

What you'll be doing:

• Review procurement requirements and non-compliant requisitions, in line with the compliance and standard financial instructions per trust and liaise with clients to make sure they are compliant.
• Review documentation including contracts, quotes, and catalogue items for processing requisitions.
• Work with the Transactional Procurement team to action and resolve queries for internal and external customers.
• Provide expert advice and mentorship to external collaborators on effective submission of requisitions.
• Support external customers on locating orders not received and guide any queries in the P2P process.
• Arrange new supplier sets, collaborating with clients and suppliers, to ensure bank details and required documents are received and actioned in a timely manner.
• Actively handle and report on their own workload to ensure delivery of customer requirements.

What you’ll bring:

• Analytically minded with the desire to deliver the right outcome first time.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to present information in an easy-to-understand format.
• Well-mannered, professional, and adaptable at all times as well as flexible to the changing needs of the customer.
• A confirmed ability to deliver quickly and accurately to customers across a high volume of requests.
• A high level of organisational skills, effective time-management and a proactive approach to delivery.
• A proven track record in IT systems with MS Office skills.

It would be great if you had:

• Working experience of Oracle.
• A proven understanding of the purchase to pay process.
• A confirmed ability in IT systems with MS Office skills.
• Procurement experience desirable but not crucial.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Salford
Security Clearance Level: DBS
Internal Recruiter: Becky
Salary: £24,900pa
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy extra days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams’ expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence. We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level. Would you like to join us on our journey?