Senior Sourcing Manager - Medical Category

About the role

Bupa is hiring a Senior Sourcing Manager for its Procurement APAC Strategic Sourcing team, covering the medical category. This is a hybrid, permanent, full-time position based in Melbourne or Sydney. The role drives the development and execution of sourcing strategies for the medical category, ensuring best-value outcomes through market engagement, supplier negotiations and commercial management.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end sourcing projects, including stakeholder engagement, sourcing strategy development, RFx processes, supplier negotiations, contract finalisation and implementation.
• Lead supplier negotiations to secure favourable commercial and contractual terms.
• Establish and drive supplier performance management frameworks, and conduct regular supplier performance reviews, managing risks, issues and escalations.
• Deliver commercial outcomes such as cost savings, cost avoidance, improved service quality, faster speed to market and better stakeholder experience.
• Partner with Legal to support contract drafting, negotiation and execution.

Required profile

• Proficiency in delivering sourcing strategies from concept to execution; medical category experience is advantageous.
• Exceptional commercial negotiation capability, including leading complex supplier negotiations.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, able to partner with senior leaders.
• Leadership qualities to manage complex, cross-functional environments and indirect teams.
• Deep category management and supplier performance expertise in the medical category is highly desirable, including supplier governance, contract management, service performance and value realisation.

Required skills

• Business case development and cost modelling
• Financial analysis and risk assessment
• Supplier performance management and contract management

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