• Job Description

  Req#: C9298-FIN-0143?language=en&page=904&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust have an exciting and new opportunity for an individual to work across Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS FT, Mid-Yorks Teaching Trust and Leeds Teaching Hospitals managing the collaborative contracts in the Pathology departments. The role is based out of the Procurement and Supplies department at LTH and are part of the Finance Directorate. Th role is hybrid, with an expectation to attend the office (across multiple sites) 3 days per week. All IT equipment is supplied.

  We are looking for candidates with commercial experience in the public or private sector, procurement and contract management skills, a drive for identifying opportunities, a creative thinker, and a role model of the Leeds Way Values. If you would like a role that is fundamental to service delivery and achieving our Trust vision and values, please get in touch to discuss this further.

  Main duties of the job

  To work with the Director and Associate Director of Commercial and Procurement to ensure value for money from the pathology contracts portfolio across CHFT, MYTT and LTHT. Manage contracts and resources to enable delivery of the vision, business plans, day to day operations, financial and quality targets. Build professional relationships, initiate and lead change.

  About us

  The role is based out of the Procurement and Supplies department at LTH and are part of the Finance Directorate. The team manages the contractual and financial arrangements for the Trust.

  The Procurement and Supplies department has over 150 staff at LTH incorporating Supply Chain, Digital, eProcurement, Warehousing and Contracting. This role would be a key part of the Senior Management Team of the department.

  The department strongly encourages development of its staff members to progress in their careers. We pride ourselves on being a diverse team and invest a great dela of time in training Managers on supporting colleagues in all areas of their mental, physical and financial wellbeing.

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

  Details

  Date posted

  26 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8b

  Salary

  £64,455 to £74,896 a year

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  C9298-FIN-0143

  Job locations

  Leeds General Infirmary

  Great George Street

  Leeds

  LS1 3EX

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Challenging and influencing the supplier portfolio in terms of managing the level of demand, guiding and advising colleagues to ensure the most appropriate commercial terms are put in place to meet standards and delivering best value for the Trust

  Identifying opportunities to consolidate the supplier landscape and develop strategic partnerships that unlock further value

  Proactively seek to identify and win new commercial opportunities for the Trust that generates new income, reduces costs or enhances the use of resources.

  Lead and influence the Trusts Procurement & Finance Department to define sourcing requirements and support contract negotiations, ensuring that the supplier portfolio meets the Trusts strategic needs for next 2-5 (rolling) years

  Representing the Commercial and Procurement function by engaging and influencing senior Trust stakeholders and industry healthcare and support services practitioners to ensure effective buy-in to proposed strategies

  Creating a culture of continual learning, improvement and industry best practice

  Designing, scoping, implementing and managing an evolving Supplier Management process and roadmap

  Line management of the function as the scope of the post develops. This includes staff appraisals and dealing with disciplinary, grievance and performance issues of staff.

  Managing large and/or complex contracts, ensuring that they are still relevant, compliant and meet the current standards to deliver best value

  Defining contractual SLAs to ensure service, quality and stakeholder requirements are met or exceeded

  Ensuring an appropriate Business Case process is followed to support investment decisions together with the capability to provide appraisal options of various solutions in terms of cost, benefits and risks

  Providing critical analysis and market research by analysing all available forms of competitive and internal data to identify risks and opportunities; developing the necessary financial analysis and evaluation model to assess proposals and outcomes

  Managing the resolution of all significant contract issues; communicate and report all routine and complex issues arising to a wide range of internal stakeholders

  Leading organisational and policy change associated with Commercial and Supplier Management

  Where relevant, managing the performance of external suppliers and their delivery of the agreed contract terms

  Developing and implementing systems to measure and communicate results, risks, opportunities on the performance of all Trust contracts to stakeholder partners

  Working closely with colleagues across the Trust and with the broader Procurement team to understand and interpret needs in order to design and deliver appropriate commercial arrangements

  Working closely with the Procurement team to define sourcing requirements, manage complex contractual issues and support new and on-going contract negotiations; ensuring full compliance with Trust Procurement regulations

  Working with the Finance team to ensure that all contractual obligations are appropriately funded for the term of contract

  Work with CSUs, Corporate and Procurement teams to plan, review and prioritise the Contracts to ensure that Trust priorities are met and responsibilities for areas of work are appropriately allocated

  Feed into the financial position of programmes / projects by developing, monitoring, controlling and reporting on contracts, ensuring that the funding is properly managed and reported

  Ensure that the Trust is kept up to date with supplier market conditions and changes

  Contribute to the delivery of the Trust capital programme by negotiating appropriate phased payment profiles

  To establish a communication plan to ensure progress and success in delivering Trust strategy and supporting contracts is communicated to all staff involved in or impacted to maintain their awareness and support

  Effectively communicate the department objectives to team members in a timely and unambiguous fashion

  Establish and nurture conducive working relationships throughout the commercial and procurement teams and with other groups of staff at all level across the Local Health Care Community

  To represent to Trust at local and national events as and when required

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Challenging and influencing the supplier portfolio in terms of managing the level of demand, guiding and advising colleagues to ensure the most appropriate commercial terms are put in place to meet standards and delivering best value for the Trust

  Identifying opportunities to consolidate the supplier landscape and develop strategic partnerships that unlock further value

  Proactively seek to identify and win new commercial opportunities for the Trust that generates new income, reduces costs or enhances the use of resources.

  Lead and influence the Trusts Procurement & Finance Department to define sourcing requirements and support contract negotiations, ensuring that the supplier portfolio meets the Trusts strategic needs for next 2-5 (rolling) years

  Representing the Commercial and Procurement function by engaging and influencing senior Trust stakeholders and industry healthcare and support services practitioners to ensure effective buy-in to proposed strategies

  Creating a culture of continual learning, improvement and industry best practice

  Designing, scoping, implementing and managing an evolving Supplier Management process and roadmap

  Line management of the function as the scope of the post develops. This includes staff appraisals and dealing with disciplinary, grievance and performance issues of staff.

  Managing large and/or complex contracts, ensuring that they are still relevant, compliant and meet the current standards to deliver best value

  Defining contractual SLAs to ensure service, quality and stakeholder requirements are met or exceeded

  Ensuring an appropriate Business Case process is followed to support investment decisions together with the capability to provide appraisal options of various solutions in terms of cost, benefits and risks

  Providing critical analysis and market research by analysing all available forms of competitive and internal data to identify risks and opportunities; developing the necessary financial analysis and evaluation model to assess proposals and outcomes

  Managing the resolution of all significant contract issues; communicate and report all routine and complex issues arising to a wide range of internal stakeholders

  Leading organisational and policy change associated with Commercial and Supplier Management

  Where relevant, managing the performance of external suppliers and their delivery of the agreed contract terms

  Developing and implementing systems to measure and communicate results, risks, opportunities on the performance of all Trust contracts to stakeholder partners

  Working closely with colleagues across the Trust and with the broader Procurement team to understand and interpret needs in order to design and deliver appropriate commercial arrangements

  Working closely with the Procurement team to define sourcing requirements, manage complex contractual issues and support new and on-going contract negotiations; ensuring full compliance with Trust Procurement regulations

  Working with the Finance team to ensure that all contractual obligations are appropriately funded for the term of contract

  Work with CSUs, Corporate and Procurement teams to plan, review and prioritise the Contracts to ensure that Trust priorities are met and responsibilities for areas of work are appropriately allocated

  Feed into the financial position of programmes / projects by developing, monitoring, controlling and reporting on contracts, ensuring that the funding is properly managed and reported

  Ensure that the Trust is kept up to date with supplier market conditions and changes

  Contribute to the delivery of the Trust capital programme by negotiating appropriate phased payment profiles

  To establish a communication plan to ensure progress and success in delivering Trust strategy and supporting contracts is communicated to all staff involved in or impacted to maintain their awareness and support

  Effectively communicate the department objectives to team members in a timely and unambiguous fashion

  Establish and nurture conducive working relationships throughout the commercial and procurement teams and with other groups of staff at all level across the Local Health Care Community

  To represent to Trust at local and national events as and when required

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Masters Degree level qualification in business or associated discipline
  • Professional qual in a relevant area

  Desirable

  • Career progression through CPD

  Skills & Behaviours

  Essential

  • Willingness to undertake training and development as identified through the appraisal process
  • Ability to influence internal and external staff through provision of expert advice
  • Ability to link complex information across Trust and take a high-level view of impact of changes in contractual terms
  • Ability to communicate technical information to a wide and diverse audience
  • Ability to prioritise and manage own workload

  Desirable

  • Natural aptitude for detailed work
  • Flexible approach

  Other Criteria

  Essential

  • Open to hybrid working patterns
  • Capability to travel across sites in Yorkshire

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive commercial experience
  • Management of complex commercial Projects
  • Experience of delivering complex information to a diverse audience
  • Defining and monitoring SLAs
  • Contract and Supplier Management

  Desirable

  • NHS contracting experience

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Masters Degree level qualification in business or associated discipline
  • Professional qual in a relevant area

  Desirable

  • Career progression through CPD

  Skills & Behaviours

  Essential

  • Willingness to undertake training and development as identified through the appraisal process
  • Ability to influence internal and external staff through provision of expert advice
  • Ability to link complex information across Trust and take a high-level view of impact of changes in contractual terms
  • Ability to communicate technical information to a wide and diverse audience
  • Ability to prioritise and manage own workload

  Desirable

  • Natural aptitude for detailed work
  • Flexible approach

  Other Criteria

  Essential

  • Open to hybrid working patterns
  • Capability to travel across sites in Yorkshire

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive commercial experience
  • Management of complex commercial Projects
  • Experience of delivering complex information to a diverse audience
  • Defining and monitoring SLAs
  • Contract and Supplier Management

  Desirable

  • NHS contracting experience

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals

  Address

  Leeds General Infirmary

  Great George Street

  Leeds

  LS1 3EX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals

  Address

  Leeds General Infirmary

  Great George Street

  Leeds

  LS1 3EX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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