Senior Sourcing Manager: Sponsorship Available

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Job summary

The Major Capital Projects and Hard FM team within the Devon Procurement Service (DPS) is recruiting two Senior Sourcing Managers (B7) to join a newly established procurement service. DPS brings together expertise and buying power across Devon to deliver better value, stronger contracts, and improved outcomes for patients.

We contract on behalf of:

  • Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
  • Devon Partnership NHS Trust
  • University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
  • Livewell Community Services

By working as one, we are transforming healthcare procurement through scale, consistency, and innovation.

You will lead complex sourcing activity, work closely with senior clinical and operational stakeholders, and shape strategic contracts delivering system-wide value.

We offer hybrid and flexible working with a mix of working from home and some days at the office bases in Exeter, Barnstaple, Torbay, and Plymouth. Occasional travel to other offices/sites across Devon will be required for some project requirements.

Recruiting managers’ contact details are provided; candidates are encouraged to arrange a short MS Teams discussion to learn more.

Interviews are planned for the 8th of September 2026.

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and ‘At Risk’ status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Main duties of the job

As a shared service, all members of the DPS are expected to ensure consistency and parity of service provision, prioritisation and commitment to all Partner Trusts. All DPS staff will ensure proportionate resources are deployed to meet each Partner Trust’s service requirements.

The Senior Sourcing Manager executes sourcing activities for DPS to provide excellent customer service, best value and compliance with DPS governance. The Senior Sourcing Manager shall work in accordance with direction from the Category Manager to ensure that sourcing is a value-adding activity through the development and execution of excellent Sourcing Plans for each project.

The Sourcing Manager shall manage team performance, ensuring that the teams / areas for which they are responsible achieve or exceed the Service Level Agreement KPIs and internal DPS performance metrics and have oversight of supplier relationship management activities. The senior sourcing manager is also responsible for identifying and investigating areas for future opportunities and bringing added value to the benefit of the department and the ICS to develop and maintain target financial savings. They will also ensure all procurement is conducted in line with the Category Management procurement strategy. The post holder is responsible for the sourcing of goods and services to ensure value for money, meeting the needs of stakeholders and complying with ICS corporate governance and relevant public procurement legislation.

Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • High level of demonstrable experience of sourcing activity in a relevant field
  • Significant demonstrable experience of stakeholder management in a customer and results focused environment
  • Successful negotiation and implementation of purchasing agreements.

Desirable

  • Previous demonstrable experience of working as a Procurement Manager
  • Demonstrable experience of delivering sourcing activities in line with Public Sector regulations and best practice

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

  • Relevant qualification to degree level or equivalent demonstrable experience
  • Proven Evidence of continued professional development at postgraduate level or equivalent
  • A relevant qualification in procurement, supply chain management, or a related field (e.g., CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply). qualified or working towards or equivalent

APTITUDE & ABILITIES

Essential

  • Negotiation: A skilled negotiator with a broad range of skill sets
  • Analysis: Skilled in being able to conduct analysis on complex data sets to provide concise insights
  • Stakeholder Management: Strong stakeholder management skills, demonstrating ability to engage with stakeholders at multi levels

Desirable

  • Leading and Managing Others: Strong project leadership and management capabilities and demonstrable experience, with capacity to manage multiple small and medium sized projects
  • Change Management: Understands change management and process improvement with experience in supporting business process / organisational change
  • Strategy Delivery: Demonstrable experience of delivering and implementing category and sourcing plans, delivering strategies for various sub-categories

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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).

Closing Date: 30 August 2026

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