Transactional Buyer

Transformationunitgm; Salisbury; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Salisbury is seeking a Transactional Buyer to join its expanding procurement team. This role involves providing procurement support and processing requisition requests for stakeholders. Candidates should have good communication skills and the ability to manage time effectively. Qualifications include GCSEs in Maths and English at grade C or above or equivalent. The position offers opportunities for flexible working and excellent employee benefits, including a generous holiday entitlement.

Benefits

Minimum of 35 days paid holiday

Access to NHS discounts

On-site nursery

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in a multi-functional business environment preferred.
• Experience in NHS/public procurement environment desirable.
• Ability to manage time effectively and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Provide procurement support by processing requisition requests.
• Report to the Transactional Procurement Manager.
• Work independently when required.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Good keyboard skills

Education

Maths and English GCSE at grade C and above or equivalent

NVQ Level 3

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Outlook

Specialist purchase order system

Job description

Employer Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Town Salisbury Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum pro rata if part time Salary period Yearly Closing 01/03/2026 23:59

Transactional Buyer - Swindon, Bath or Salisbury

Band 3

Job overview

**PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY**

“Please note: we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position.”

This is an exciting opportunity to join our expanding procurement team and support our ambitious operational procurement transformation plan.

Working within a busy, forward thinking and progressive department, you will provide procurement support to our stakeholders ensuring best practice Procurement and value for money.

The role can be based in Swindon, Bath or Salisbury but there is travel to the all three locations on an ad-hoc basis.

Main duties of the job

Procurement support: this will include the processing of ad-hoc requisition requests to meet stakeholder requirements.

You will have excellent communication and analytical abilities, a keen eye for detail and accurate data entry skills. It will be important that you have the ability to manage your time effectively and be able to meet set deadlines.

Reporting directly to the Transactional Procurement Manager you will be an integral part of the operational team, supporting the wider Procurement team, and you will have the ability to work on your own initiative when required.

Experience of working within a procurement environment is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

We are a well-established acute Trust with a track record of high performance and provide a broad range of services for the populations served by Wiltshire, Dorset and West Hampshire CCG’S, alongside highly regarded specialist services with excellent clinical networks both locally and nationally. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4,000 staff. We offer excellent staff benefits including an onsite day nursery and holiday play scheme.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

“Please note: we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position.”

Person specification

Qualifications

• Maths and English GCSE at grade C and above or equivalent. NVQ Level 3

Experience

• Experience of working in a multi-functional business environment
• Previously worked in a NHS and/or public procurement environment

Technical

• Good keyboard skills with intermediate ability of computer applications including MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook.
• Experience of using a specialist purchase order system and working knowledge of basic PC applications such as Oracle or Unit 4

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. Take a look at our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) for more detailed information https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/media/2lfatov2/employee-value-proposition-document-v12-final.pdf

These include but aren't limited to:-

• Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
• Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 year.
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
• Cycle to work scheme
• Uniform provided (where required)
• 40% bus discount exclusive to SFT employees (period tickets only)
• On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
• On site health and fitness club
• On site car parking (fees and restrictions apply)
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa eg those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.

GETTING TO WORK

We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY

We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.

The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, martial status and age.

OTHER INFORMATION

If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £16 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

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Name Shannon Mahoney Job title Transactional Procurement Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01722 444101

Additional information

Please contact Shannon Mahoney via [e-mail] for an informal conversation about this role