Supply Chain Corporation Limited

Job Title - The Head of Programme Business Design Function - SCM Business Integration Location - Nottingham - Hybrid Type: Permanent (37.5 hours per week) Salary: £90,868 with potential to rise to £106,904 over 3 years Closing Date: 20 th November 2025 The Head of Programme Business Design is a senior leadership role responsible for the strategic design and integration of future state business operations across NHS Supply Chain's transformation programme. This role ensures that business processes, capabilities, and clinical requirements are fully aligned with programme outcomes and the organisation's strategic direction. Leading a multidisciplinary team-including Business Architects, Business Analysts, and Clinical Leads-the postholder will work closely with Value Stream Leads and stakeholder engagement functions to drive coherent, enterprise wide transformation. Every day, you will Develop and maintain a programme wide business design framework and governance model. Ensure alignment of design activities with strategic programme objectives and NHS Supply Chain's operating model. Provide direction and leadership to the Business Design team, including architects, analysts, and clinical integration leads. Foster a collaborative and high performance culture focused on innovation and delivery. Support professional development through coaching and mentoring. Oversee the development of integrated capability models and process maps. Conduct gap analyses and readiness assessments to inform design decisions. Collaborate with change management and transformation teams to ensure successful adoption. Champion cultural and behavioural change aligned with new ways of working. Lead the stakeholder engagement strategy in collaboration with the Stakeholder Engagement & Integration Manager. What can we offer you? We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work, so we offer much more than a competitive salary: Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely. We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions through annual bonus schemes, long service awards, and VIP colleague awards. 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days. We are dedicated to your development, through in house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential. A focus on your well being, offering 1 day of paid well being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme. Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%). Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you. 2 days of paid volunteering leave, allowing you to give back to your community. Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts. NHS Supply Chain, who are we? Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales. We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care. What skills will help you thrive in this role? Extensive experience in operating model design and transformation leadership. Proven track record in leading cross functional teams and complex programmes. Experience translating strategy into operational delivery. Proven experience in delivering process frameworks, mapping, governance, and controls within a complex organisation. Demonstrable stakeholder engagement and expectation management. Want to develop your career with the NHS Supply Chain? Then apply below or reach out for an informal discussion about the role in confidence by email or: Our Inclusive Commitment At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but also celebrated, allowing everyone to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career, but your experience doesn't match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply. Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at , who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply. We reserve the right to close any vacancy from further submissions when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. SCCL is a company registered in England and Wales, with company number , to act as the management function of the NHS Supply Chain.