Senior Buyer Professional Services
Job Description
Senior Buyer Professional Services
Epsom and Barbican, London | Hybrid Working | Procurement | Fixed Term Contract: 6 Months | Full Time
Competitive salary available, depending on experience
37.5 hours per week
Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest healthcare charity, building a healthier nation, one day at a time. From award‑winning hospitals and fitness facilities to flagship community programmes, we’re transforming the UK’s wellbeing. It starts with passion, commitment to quality, it starts with you.
We’re looking for an experienced Senior Buyer Professional Services to join our Procurement team on a 6‑month fixed term contract. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in delivering strategic sourcing initiatives and building strong stakeholder and supplier partnerships across the business.
You’ll bring a strong commercial mindset, experience in category management and sourcing, and the ability to influence stakeholders to deliver best‑value outcomes.
As our Senior Buyer Professional Services you’ll:
Engage with business stakeholders to understand strategic objectives and requirements
Deliver sourcing initiatives and supporting the development of category strategies
Provide market insight and technical expertise to inform procurement decisions
Collaborate with teams across Operations, Technology (IT) and Professional Services
Identify and manage supplier risks and resolving issues effectively
Deliver projects in line with procurement methodologies and driving standardisation
Manage supplier relationships commercially, ensuring value, quality, and performance
Drive cost control, cost reduction, service improvement, and risk management
To succeed as a Senior Buyer Professional Services, you’ll bring:
Strong experience in procurement, ideally within Corporate Professional services
Proven background in sourcing, category management, and supplier management
Ability to work cross-functionally and influence stakeholders
Commercial acumen, including total cost of ownership principles
Understanding of contract law fundamentals
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options.
At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.
Apply today… It starts with you.