
Procurement Commercial Manager
7 days ago
**A little snapshot of the role
At Bupa, our purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.
Join our Procurement team as a Procurement Commercial Manager supporting the Marketing and People teams.
Our procurement partners here at BUPA partner with business unit stakeholders to deliver commercial outcomes that are aligned to BUPA's APAC's enterprise strategy.
The role will operate across Bupa APAC (Australia and Hong Kong), influencing at senior levels through to the front line. The role will have responsibility for the development and execution of strategic sourcing activities and supporting Business Owners with supplier management activities across a range of spend categories.
This is a permanent position based in the Melbourne office. Bupa does offer Hybrid working arrangements and you can work from the office or from home.
**How will I help?**
**You will add value by**:
- Supporting the broader APAC Procurement team and contributing individually to deliver agreed commercial outcomes that include cost reduction to the business budgets, cost avoidance to the business, improved payment terms, improved speed to market, improvements in the customer experience, and improved quality of service to internal stakeholders
- Engaging and influencing a range of key business stakeholders to deliver outcomes. Key to this will be collaboration with key business stakeholders and other Procurement team members
- Support the Portfolio Manager and Head of Procurement by partnering with stakeholders across the APAC business to resolve competing priorities as they arise
- Lead the end-to-end sourcing process in accordance with company process, including stakeholder engagement, strategy development, baseline validation, RFx management, supplier negotiations, contract finalisation and stakeholder interactions during and after the sourcing process
**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?**
The Procurement Commercial Manager will have strong and proven experience in managing commercial procurement processes to drive outcomes for customers and stakeholders. Excellent cross-functional stakeholder management skills at a senior level with experience in rapidly building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders is necessary.
- Relevant graduate or post graduate qualifications in Business, Commerce, Accounting, Supply Chain Operations, Engineering or Law
- Experience in commercial management, from strategy development to execution
- Extensive experience in leading successful commercial negotiations, with evidence of applied innovative thinking, persuasiveness and negotiation skills, and strategic negotiation planning
- Experience in working effectively within a matrix-style organisation including at global level
- Significant business, commercial and financial acumen
**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.
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