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Procurement Assistant in Wakefield

Hybrid in Wakefield·Part-time·Added today (last checked 30 Oct)

NHS South Central Shared Care Limited

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Our summary

Salary: £29,316 a year
About £2,050 a month after tax.
Work mode: Hybrid, Wakefield
Contract: Part-time
Closing date: Apply by Saturday 14 November
Holiday: 27 days holiday + bank holidays

Skills

NHS South Central Shared Care Limited is hiring for this role in several places. This vacancy is in Wakefield.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Salary: Offered on a starting salary of £29,316 pa with the potential to increase to £32,573 pa over the course of three years.

We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:

Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.

We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and colleague recognition awards.

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.

A focus on your well-being offering 1 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%)

Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.

2 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.

The role

Job Title: Procurement Assistant

Function: Commercial - Diagnostics, Equipment and Services

NHS Supply Chain currently has an opportunity for a to join our team during an exciting period of transformation, working to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first.

We have a great opportunity for a Procurement Assistant within our Maintenance team. 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/stakeholders, working to always deliver a high level of customer service to all stakeholders ensuring that relationships and processes are managed effectively allowing overall targets to be achieved.

What you'll do

Every day you will...

Support procurement activities by delivering agreed objectives and following established procurement systems, processes, and protocols

Collect, analyse, and report on contract performance, market trends, cost drivers, and supplier information to support new and existing contracts

Undertake basic contract management activities, including maintaining records, supporting reviews, and contributing to the development of new contracts

Prepare accurate reports, documents, and spreadsheets using standard office software, ensuring data is gathered, summarised, and presented clearly

Provide effective stakeholder and customer support by coordinating meetings and actions, managing queries, resolving issues, and supporting engagement activities

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

How you'll work

Hybrid Worker - Expectation is two days per week on site at our Wakefield office

Contract type: Permanent - Part Time. (22.5hrs - 7.5 hrs on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday)

Hiring process

Closing Date: Friday, 13th November 2026

About NHS South Central Shared Care Limited

In their own words

About the company & team

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. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

Additional information

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.

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