# Purchasing Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North Bristol NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/purchasing-specialist/5703dba9-8713-4d07-b1f4-478ad04fbe65 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/purchasing-specialist/5703dba9-8713-4d07-b1f4-478ad04fbe65.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North Bristol NHS Trust - **Location:** Southmead Hospital - **Workplace type:** hybrid - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** 6 months (6-months fixed term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hybrid working) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-21T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-07T10:30:49.380Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bristol/Bristol/Bristol_NHS_Foundation_Trust_BFT/Procurement/Procurement-v8284502 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8284502?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nbt.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Bristol & Weston Purchasing Consortium (BWPC) is an award-winning provider of procurement and purchasing services in support of NHS Trusts and healthcare providers in the Bristol region. BWPC’s remit includes the purchasing of medical equipment, consumables, instrumentation and fluids for hospitals, negotiating regional technology contracts, driving effective use of contract and agency staffing and providing data and systems to allow our clients to leverage their expenditure to their advantage. Purchasing Specialists form the core of the Procurement Team within Bristol & Weston Purchasing Consortium and report to Senior Purchasing Specialists, Category Managers and the Senior Management Team while supervising, guiding and advising Buyers. ### Main duties of the job - Lead the delivery of procurement projects to achieve savings and cost reduction - Analyse spend and relationship data to produce evidence for viable contracting and procurement opportunities - Report results and activity accurately and in a timely manner - Manage and engage key stakeholders to develop relationships and influence - Promote procurement best-practice, demonstrating the value and benefit of the profession - FFocus on continuous improvement to ensure the team is pushing for the highest standards Prepare and develop procurement documentation that is clear, concise and effective Recommend sourcing approaches as a result of fact-based analysis Build our client’s commercial position through whole-life costing and an aggressive pursuit of cost reduction ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Proven experience of working in a purchasing/contracting environment - Evidence of having led successful negotiations to conclude a contractual relationship **Desirable** - Working knowledge of the regulations governing public sector procurement ### Knowledge/Skills/Abilities **Essential** - High standard of communication - Ability to lead project work alone or as part of a team - Understanding of contract and procurement law - Experienced user of Microsoft Excel, working use of all Microsoft Office products **Desirable** - Understanding of supplier relationship management - Understanding of supply chain management ### Education/Training/Qualifications **Desirable** - CIPS level 4 qualified or a willingness to work toward the qualification ### Personal Qualities/Special Circumstances **Essential** - An analytical problem solving approach to activity ## Documents - [new jd (docx, 124.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10674284) ## 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.