Purchasing Specialist | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (BFT)

Job description

About

Bristol & Weston Purchasing Consortium (BWPC) is an award-winning provider of procurement and purchasing services in support of NHS Trusts and healthcare providers in the Bristol region.

 

BWPC’s remit includes the purchasing of medical equipment, consumables, instrumentation and fluids for hospitals, negotiating regional technology contracts, driving effective use of contract and agency staffing and providing data and systems to allow our clients to leverage their expenditure to their advantage.

Purchasing Specialists form the core of the Procurement Team within Bristol & Weston Purchasing Consortium and report to Senior Purchasing Specialists, Category Managers and the Senior Management Team while supervising, guiding and advising Buyers.

·  Lead the delivery of procurement projectsto achieve savings and cost reduction

·  Analyse spend and relationship datato produce evidence for viable contracting and procurement opportunities

·  Report results and activityaccurately and in a timely manner

·  Manage and engage key stakeholdersto develop relationships and influence

·  Promote procurement best-practice, demonstrating the value and benefit of the profession

FFocus on continuous improvementto ensure the team is pushing for the highest standards

 Prepare and develop procurement documentationthat is clear, concise and effective

 Recommend sourcing approachesas a result of fact-based analysis

 Build our client’s commercial positionthrough whole-life costing and an aggressive pursuit of cost reduction

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston. 

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

This advert closes on Wednesday 21 Oct 2026