Procurement Business Partner

Procurement Business Partner

Location: Beaconsfield, Oxfordshire 

At InHealth, we're on a mission to Make Healthcare Better. As the UK's largest specialist diagnostic provider, we support millions of patients each year through our partnerships with the NHS and healthcare organisations across the UK.

We're looking for an experienced Procurement Business Partner to act as the strategic link between procurement and operational teams across the business. Reporting to the Procurement Manager, you will work closely with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders to identify procurement opportunities, develop category strategies, influence commercial decision-making, and ensure procurement activity delivers value, compliance and high-quality operational outcomes.

This is a hybrid role, with an expectation of 2-3 days per week based at our Beaconsfield office, alongside national travel as required.

This role is ideally suited to a procurement professional with strong category management and stakeholder engagement experience who enjoys balancing strategic thinking with operational delivery.

What You Will Do

• Develop and deliver procurement and category strategies aligned to organisational objectives.
• Lead procurement exercises from market engagement through to contract award.
• Identify and deliver cost savings, cost avoidance and value improvement opportunities.
• Build strong relationships with budget holders, operational teams and senior stakeholders, ensuring procurement is involved early in decision-making.
• Manage supplier relationships and lead supplier performance reviews across assigned business areas.
• Analyse spend, market and operational data to inform sourcing decisions and procurement planning.
• Produce business cases, procurement reports and benefits tracking information.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with relevant legislation, governance frameworks and organisational policies.
• Support sustainability, social value and continuous improvement objectives.
• Lead, coach and develop a small team of Procurement Specialists/Officers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture.

About You

You are an experienced procurement professional with strong commercial awareness, excellent stakeholder management skills and a track record of delivering measurable value.

You'll bring:

• Significant experience within procurement, category management, sourcing or commercial roles, ideally within a complex organisation.
• Experience leading, managing and developing colleagues within a procurement, commercial or supply chain environment.
• Demonstrable success in delivering cost savings, value improvement initiatives and commercial outcomes.
• Experience developing category strategies and managing supplier relationships across multiple business areas.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and identify commercial opportunities.
• Strong Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables and basic modelling.
• Experience using purchase order management systems and procurement tools.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to balance operational delivery with strategic planning and continuous improvement.
• CIPS Level 3 qualified (or above), with a commitment to continued professional development.
• Degree-level education (or equivalent experience).
• Willingness to travel across the UK as required.

Most importantly, you'll share InHealth's values of Trust, Passion, Care and Creativity, helping us deliver outstanding services for patients, partners and colleagues while continuing our mission to make healthcare better.

What's in it for you

We offer a fantastic benefits package, which is available through a mobile-enabled rewards platform, called InJoy. This is your place to access thousands of offers and discounts on a wide range of products and services relating to: fashion, travel, eating out, technology, leisure and more!

In addition to this, we also offer:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Generous company contribution pension scheme
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities
• 24/7 access to a dedicated well-being hub and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Monthly award programme and online peer-to-peer recognition
• Refer a friend bonus
• Discounts on InHealth’s healthcare services
• Smart tech, Cycle to Work and thousands of discounts and cashback options
• Paid-for professional memberships and more!

Making sure our people are happy at work is one of our main priorities, which means giving them as many opportunities as we can to support their personal and professional growth. We also have an innovative approach to personal and professional development, helping you to be the best version of you and giving you a real career pathway. IND01

About us

InHealth is the UK’s largest specialist provider of diagnostic and healthcare solutions, working in partnership with the NHS for more than 30 years to make healthcare better for more than 5 million patients each year.

Our support services teams play a vital role in making healthcare better every day so whether you’re supporting operations, logistics, finance, digital or other essential services, you’ll be part of a people-focused organisation where collaboration, creativity and a shared commitment to patients shape everything we do.

InHealth is a place where you're trusted to do your job well, supported by people who value your expertise and give you the space to act on it. Teams show up for each other, leaders back your judgment and help remove blockers rather than create them.

New opportunities open as we grow - whether that's progressing, moving sideways or taking on something different as your strengths evolve. And everything we do is focussed on making healthcare better - for patients, partners and the people delivering care.

Read more about us here: Who We Are - InHealth Group.