Procurement Consultants – Public Sector
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Daniel Barnes
A boutique procurement consultancy is looking to appoint several experienced procurement professionals to support a growing portfolio of public sector clients.
These opportunities will suit commercially minded consultants who enjoy solving complex procurement challenges, managing senior client relationships and delivering measurable value across high-profile programmes.
There are three distinct areas of need:
Clinical Procurement
Suitable for procurement professionals with strong experience across clinical categories within the NHS or private healthcare sector.
You are likely to bring experience across areas such as medical and surgical consumables, diagnostics, pharmacy, pathology, clinical equipment or wider healthcare services.
IT Procurement
Focused on complex technology procurement across central government and the wider public sector.
Candidates could come from procurement consultancy with strong IT category expertise, or from an in-house public sector environment where they have led major technology, digital, software or professional services procurements.
Generalist Public Sector Consulting
Suitable for experienced procurement consultants who have delivered projects across a range of public sector clients and categories.
Consulting experience is essential for this area, alongside the ability to manage multiple workstreams, influence senior stakeholders and operate confidently in changing client environments.
The Role:
- Lead complex end-to-end procurement and commercial projects for public sector clients.
- Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and act as a strategic procurement advisor.
- Develop sourcing strategies, lead tender processes and negotiate commercial outcomes.
- Identify and deliver savings, value improvement and procurement transformation opportunities.
- Manage multiple projects and client priorities in a fast-paced consultancy environment.
The Person:
- Strong procurement experience within clinical, IT or generalist public sector categories.
- Demonstrable experience of working with public sector organisations or regulated environments.
- Consulting experience for the generalist roles, with consultancy exposure also highly desirable across the other areas.
- Strong stakeholder management, commercial negotiation and project leadership skills.
- Comfortable working remotely while travelling to client sites when required.
What’s in it for you:
- Join a specialist consultancy with a strong and growing public sector client base.
- Work on varied, high-impact procurement and transformation programmes.
- Gain exposure to senior stakeholders across complex and high-profile organisations.
- Benefit from UK-wide remote working with flexibility around location.
- Receive a salary of £70,000-£85,000 plus bonus and wider benefits.
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