# Assistant Procurement Business Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-procurement-business-manager/ab8fc421-a6e5-4178-9546-92e39ce8bd07 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-procurement-business-manager/ab8fc421-a6e5-4178-9546-92e39ce8bd07.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership - **Location:** Woodland House - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Business manager - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,557 - £39,631 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-08T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-28T10:40:48.472Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cardiff/Cardiff/NHS_Wales_Shared_Services_Partnership/Procurement/Procurement-v8325941 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8325941?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://nwssp.nhs.wales/ ## Job Content ### Job overview An opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Procurement Business Manager to join the Cardiff & Vale Integrated Procurement Partnership Team at Woodland House, Cardiff. If you’re looking for a career in Procurement that keeps you motivated, offers potential for personal development and puts you in a position to make a positive difference to the NHS in Wales, then NWSSP Procurement Services has a career that will interest you. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your procurement career in a dynamic challenging and high profile environment. In addition to the criteria outlined in the specification you should demonstrate how you apply commercial acumen and utilise skills to deliver in the complex changing environment throughout NHS Wales. A resilient personality and track record of delivering creative and innovative solutions are required for success in this role. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. The organization recognises the challenges of recruiting high calibre candidates and has a number of bases across Wales. Whilst the preferred base would be Woodland House in Cardiff, hybrid working is a benefit of this role, the successful candidate will be office based home based 3 - 2 days per week and discussions may be held in this regard with the successful candidate. ### Main duties of the job NWSSP - NHS Wales Procurement Shared Service is an established Procurement Service assisting the Health Boards and Trusts across Wales to deliver patient centred services. We are an award winning service focusing on value, safety, excellence, innovation and quality. As a Procurement Service we have an obligation to provide stakeholders and customers with the best quality service, ensuring the right product, provision or service has been sourced and supplied efficiently and at the right price for all of Wales and our aim is to have seamless procurement processes in place that release clinical time to focus on patient care and develop a value based procurement approach based around patient outcomes. NWSSP Procurement Team has a vacancy for an Assistant Procurement Business Manager. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your procurement career in a dynamic, challenging and high profile environment. In addition to the criteria outlined in the specification you should demonstrate how you apply commercial acumen and utilise skills to deliver in the complex changing environment throughout NHS Wales. A resilient personality and track record of delivering creative and innovative solutions are required for success in this role. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac. ### Applicant requirements Welsh language skills are desirable ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to drive and lead a comprehensive data gathering on products and suppliers - Ability to communicate complex information effectively to multidisciplinary groups of staff and customers at all levels ### Experience **Essential** - Proven experience of delivering complex procurement projects - Experience of managing multiple projects simultaneously **Desirable** - Awareness of Quality standards and working with ISO policies and procedures - Demonstrate experience of contributing to the business planning processes assisting development of a contract plan and savings plan ### Qualifications **Essential** - Qualified to CIPS Level 4 (Diploma) or equivalent CIPS Knowledge - Experience which can be demonstrated - Ability to be able to define your understanding of category management, risk management - An understanding of the external influences that could impact Procurement Services in NHS Wales **Desirable** - Understanding of EU procurement - Understanding of performance and process improvement, best practice principles and benchmarking - Knowledge of Health Boards and Trusts Procurement processes procedures ## Documents - [pcgc -amdanom (pdf, 6.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2719) - [jdps english (pdf, 290.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10648158) - [sdmp cymraeg (pdf, 283.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10648159) - [nwssp - about us (pdf, 6.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1769) - [nwssp - buddion (pdf, 458.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2569) - [nwssp - our benefits (pdf, 490.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1770) - [functional requirements form (pdf, 656.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10648160) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2840) - [integrated medium term plan 2025-2028 (pdf, 15.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2877) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1625) - [integrated medium term plan 2025-2028 - cymraeg (pdf, 18.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2878) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.