Band 4 - Tactical and Transaction Buyer, Procurement

Band 4 - Tactical and Transaction Buyer, Procurement Band 4

Main area Procurement Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job
-E-10896

Department name West Herts - General Staffing Site Hertfordshire and West Essex ICU NHS Procurement Town Welwyn Garden City Salary £28,860 - £31,671 pa inc HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 27/01/2026 23:59

We have an exciting opportunity for a well-organized and effective individual to join our team of Buyers, providing low-value but high-volume purchasing services across all member Trusts.

In this role, you will directly assist the Transactional Buying Team Manager in achieving the future vision of the Tactical and Transactional Buying service.

The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of Public Sector procurement, particularly in relation to low-value, high-volume tactical buying operations and procurement projects.

The Tactical and Transactional Buyer role will directly report into the Transactional Buying Team Manager, and will be responsible for:

• Providing consistent, standard transactional buying of low value, high volume goods and services using aligned policies, processes and procurement systems.
• Undertaking and supporting tactical procurements as allocated by the Tactical Buying Team Manager, to support the Procurement Team.
• Actioning requisitions and producing orders to external companies as and when required.
• Assisting with the achievement of all purchasing and supply strategies.

With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.

We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imaging models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.

Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.

Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.

At West Herts we offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly.

We kindly invite you to consider submitting an application.

If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form.

We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants.

If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Strong stakeholder engagement skills are essential, as you will be required to work across all member Trusts and provide support to the Trust and ICU Procurement teams.

The working hours for this role will be 08:30 – 16:30, Monday to Friday.

• 5 GCSEs including Maths and English, or equivalent.
• Willing to study for CIPS.
• Higher National Diploma or Degree.

• Knowledge of email, word processing and spreadsheet.
• Knowledge of Best Practice in Purchasing.
• Knowledge of EU Procurement Regulations.

• Some experience in Purchasing and Supply.