Medicines Procurement Coordinator

Job summary

This exciting opportunity has arisen for a Medicines Procurement Coordinator to join the Strategic Category Management team in NHS England's Medicines Procurement and Supply Chain team which is part of the Medicines Value & Access Directorate - Chief Financial Officer Group. The Generics team is responsible for Delivering over £101m savings last year covering over 2,500 products for NHS hospitals in England, generic pharmaceuticals are a vital element of medicines procurement, the post holder will be a member of a dynamic team in delivering and implementing procurement strategy for generic medicines in NHS secondary care. The post holder will have a key role in the provision of an efficient, effective and high quality professional and well-coordinated procurement service capable of meeting all statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements ensuring alignment with the activity of the organisation.

The office base for this role can be London, Runcorn or Leeds.

Main duties of the job

As a Medicines Procurement Coordinator within Medicines Procurement & Supply Chain the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team to support managers and staff across Medicines Procurement & Supply Chain in their procurement of medicines for the NHS.

In particular, the post holder will be:

Responsible for the operational delivery of the framework agreements' tendering programme on behalf of the NHS in compliance with Public Contracts Regulations

Working closely with NHS Pharmacy, procurement and Pharmaceutical Industry colleagues to resolve tender and contract management issues

Supporting the Team in project planning and delivery activities including the production of complex reports and documentation

Responsible for tender and contract management activities including the maintenance of product master file databases, supplier and contract performance databases and for ensuring that systems such as the Contract Management system, Project Management System and NHS Pharmacy Web Catalogue are kept up to date at all times

Supporting core Medicines Procurement & Supply Chain systems and processes such as our Electronic Records management system, EPM project management system, publishing to the Government's transparency website Contracts Finder, systems administrator for internal corporate systems and websites.

About us

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025,the Government announcedthat NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Job description
Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject, MCIPS OR equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services
• Experience in communications and stakeholder management
• Good stakeholder engagement within the Commercial team and occasionally across NHSE.

Desirable

• Knowledge of leading practice supplier relationship management (SRM) principles, processes and practices including robust and thorough SRM implementation
• Knowledge of a range of supplier measurement and evaluation systems based on balanced scorecard principles
• Understanding of Public Sector Procurement and contract management / SRM, specifically in Health

Values & Behaviours

Essential

• Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
• Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
• Consistently looks to improve what they do, looks for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject, MCIPS OR equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services
• Experience in communications and stakeholder management
• Good stakeholder engagement within the Commercial team and occasionally across NHSE.

Desirable

• Knowledge of leading practice supplier relationship management (SRM) principles, processes and practices including robust and thorough SRM implementation
• Knowledge of a range of supplier measurement and evaluation systems based on balanced scorecard principles
• Understanding of Public Sector Procurement and contract management / SRM, specifically in Health

Values & Behaviours

Essential

• Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
• Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
• Consistently looks to improve what they do, looks for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation

Employer details

Employer name

NHS England
Address

London Wellington House/ Leeds Wellington Place

133-155 Waterloo Road

London

SE1 8UG

United Kingdom

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