Senior Category Manager

Location: Salford

Job Description:

Senior Category Manager Hybrid working with up to 3 days per week working from home Angel Court
- London, Staines or Salford Quays
- Manchester Permanent Salary  £65,000 - £80,200 per annum

Fantastic benefits including 10% Management Bonus and generous pension scheme

Full time 37.5 hours per week

We make health happen

Working in our UK support functions you'll play a key part in helping our customer facing colleagues deliver exceptional standards of customer service and patient care. No matter your role, you'll have an opportunity to do work that matters. Making a difference to the lives of our customers each and every day.

How you'll help us make health happen:

As our Senior Category Manager, you'll utilise your wealth of procurement experience, agile working and stakeholder management to lead a team of Category Managers owning significant budgets.

You'll be there to support Bupa's procurement vision, driving the development and execution of the procurement strategy for high value, critical category spend areas ensuring management & compliance to Policies including the Third Party Supplier onboarding process.

You'll be working closely with the Accountable Executives, Business owners and stakeholders to ensure category strategy is delivered, providing significant value through the execution of the sourcing process to contract award.

The role requires the individual to lead supplier selection for their portfolio and to support their team, in line with the Category Management 6 step process. They will also qualify suppliers through the supplier onboarding process including but not limited to segmentation, due diligence &  addition, the job holder will:

Develop and maintain a comprehensive category strategies which has a clear savings/opportunity pipeline annually. Support Category Managers with their portfolios.

Establish category prioritises for the full portfolio of spend for both direct and team expenditure.

Understand the strategic intent of the BGIUK (and other Market Units as required) and the Business Units within it to ensure that category plans, procurement initiatives and activities are aligned with organisational goals

Provide expertise on the external market for the category area including market drivers, supplier profiling and market developments.

Ensure the strategic sourcing activities are aligned and executed with business and/or global strategies at all times.

Utilise strong knowledge of third party risk management required within the category and management of these risks in line with policy & procedures including but not limited to Segmentation & Due Diligence Process, DPIA & Audit processes as required.

Work closely with Accountable Executives and Business Owners to bring awareness of risk and necessary management to mitigate Bupa's exposure to supply chain risks within the categories under their management.

Develop negotiation plans and lead contract negotiations on behalf of the organisation and in support of Category Managers.

Deliver compliant contracts with relevant sign off and approvals throughout the sourcing process to supplier signature.

Act as the Procurement expert for identified activities and projects within the relevant business area, attending Procurement forums and supplier governance meetings as required

Act as an escalation point for Category Managers and where appropriate direct their activities with assistance from the Head of Procurement Work closely with the Supplier Relationship Management within relevant category area to ensure strategy alignment for planning of sourcing events, evaluation & contract signature/handover process are managed

Develop innovative solutions by challenging the status quo and business requirements

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