Strategic Relationship Manager

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a motivated and proactive Strategic Relationship Manager (Band 6) to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity to support the strategic management of the Trusts supplier portfolio, ensuring high-quality service delivery, sustainable value, and strong supplier performance. Working under the direction of the Lead Strategic Relationship Manager, you will collaborate closely with Procurement, Finance, clinical teams and wider business partners. You will contribute to the development of supplier strategies, support contract management activity, and help ensure that Trust requirements are met across a designated portfolio of contracts.

Main duties of the job

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a motivated and proactive Strategic Relationship Manager (Band 6) to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity to support the strategic management of the Trusts supplier portfolio, ensuring high-quality service delivery, sustainable value, and strong supplier performance. Working under the direction of the Lead Strategic Relationship Manager, you will collaborate closely with Procurement, Finance, clinical teams and wider business partners. You will contribute to the development of supplier strategies, support contract management activity, and help ensure that Trust requirements are met across a designated portfolio of contracts.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Details

• Date posted: 05 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 001178
• Job locations: Cross Site, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Name Carol Chapman Position Lead Strategic Relationship Manager Email carol.chapman11@nhs.net Phone number n/a

Job Summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a motivated and proactive Strategic Relationship Manager (Band 6) to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity to support the strategic management of the Trust’s supplier portfolio, ensuring high-quality service delivery, sustainable value, and strong supplier performance.

Working under the direction of the Lead Strategic Relationship Manager, you will collaborate closely with Procurement, Finance, clinical teams and wider business partners. You will contribute to the development of supplier strategies, support contract management activity, and help ensure that Trust requirements are met across a designated portfolio of contracts.

Why you should join our Team

We’re a small, service-focused team committed to making a real difference. Patients are at the heart of what we do, and we’re proud of our inclusive, supportive working environment.

Our team brings a wide range of skills and experience, and we’re keen to welcome someone who’s motivated to develop, learn and help us keep improving. You don’t need a healthcare or public sector background – we’re looking for someone who is open-minded, adaptable and ready to get involved.

We work collaboratively across meetings, calls and events, supporting each other to deliver our best. If you’re someone who enjoys building relationships and making a positive impact, we’d love to hear from you.

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What you will bring to the role

We are looking for someone who is analytical, collaborative, commercially aware, and committed to delivering high-quality outcomes in line with The Leeds Way values.

• The ability to build and maintain strong, effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to support delivery of strategic objectives.
• Experience managing a portfolio of contracts, ensuring compliance, value for money, and consistently high standards of service delivery.
• Confidence in monitoring supplier performance against KPIs and SLAs, with the ability to identify risks, escalate concerns, and support timely resolution of issues.
• Strong commercial awareness, with the capability to provide contractual and procurement support to senior managers, clinical teams, and project groups.
• A proactive approach to contributing to procurement and contract management strategies, supporting their development and successful implementation.
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex or incomplete information, assess contract disputes, and support well-informed decision-making in the organisation’s best interests.
• A focus on identifying and delivering cost improvement opportunities, including both one-off efficiencies and sustainable savings.
• Knowledge of governance frameworks, with the ability to support policy development and ensure adherence to organisational procedures, including Information Governance and Health & Safety requirements.
• A collaborative mindset, with experience working across teams and with external partners (such as regional networks) to drive shared goals and service improvements.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• Clear and confident communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• A solutions-focused approach, underpinned by sound judgement and a commitment to continuous improvement.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.