Procurement Portfolio Manager

**The opportunity
Our purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

Exciting Leadership opportunity for an experienced Procurement Portfolio Manager.

The Procurement Portfolio Manager manages multiple categories of spending for one or more business units. They develop and execute category strategies, identify cost-saving opportunities, and analyst market trends. Strong cross-functional stakeholder management skills and commercial experience are required, with a focus on delivering value to customers and employees. This role operates across the Bupa APAC Market Unit, providing supply market knowledge and innovation to drive competitive advantage.

This is a permanent full-time position, based in Melbourne office. (Bupa offers hybrid working arrangements and you can work from the office or from home)

**How will I help?**

**You will add value by**:

- Leading a commercial sourcing team to manage activities and establish supplier arrangements that deliver desired outcomes, while providing governance and guidance to build procurement expertise across the organisation.
- Supporting procurement transformation across APAC procurement team and the broader business while advocating for a robust, accountable procurement culture
- Delivering a portfolio management plan that aligns with the business unit strategic plans, supported by risk management and compliance processes, and ensures continuous value for money
- Developing innovative sourcing strategies and building relationships with key stakeholders, both internally and externally, while leading and developing a high-performing team focused on delivering quality procurement outcomes and fostering talent and career progression

**Why work at Bupa?**

We keep our people smiling by helping them improve their lives in and outside of the office.

We’re a welcoming lot, no matter who you are or where you’ve come from. We welcome all talents and backgrounds and embrace our differences, so you can bring your true self to work.

We support our people to be the best version of themselves, physically and mentally. With a healthy work/life balance, leadership support, reduced private health cover, study leave, volunteering options and a commitment to promoting from within.

Our employees can access wide range of benefits: from our own products (incl. health insurance discounts) to many other products and services via our partnerships program (like Apple, Samsung, JB Hi-Fi, plus gym and spa discounts to name a few). We reward our people and celebrate their success, provide initiatives that develop careers and look after our people’s health, wellbeing and futures.

**What do I need?**
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in business, accounting, law, or supply chain operations, with postgraduate studies desirable.
- Successful experience in commercial management, from strategy development to execution.
- Significant business, commercial and financial acumen.
- Experience in successful commercial negotiations, with evidence of having applied innovative thinking, persuasive and negotiating skills and strategic planning

**About Bupa Asia Pacific**

Bupa is an international healthcare group which has been committed to a purpose of helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world for more than 70 years.

Bupa Asia Pacific operates in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong, supporting about 6.5 million customers through a broad range of health and care services including health insurance, aged care, dental, medical, optical and hearing services. Employing more than 20,000 people in the region, we believe that we can make a real difference to the lives of customers through our values, purpose and the way that we deliver personalised care.

Since 2002, we have reinvested approximately $6 billion in the region, with the Bupa Foundation investing more than $34 million to support 130+ health and care projects.

Our people reflect the diversity of our community. At Bupa, your wellbeing, identity and own story is respected and valued.