Senior Sourcing Manager

Bupa ANZ; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Bupa ANZ is seeking a Senior Sourcing Manager in the Medical category to leadership end-to-end procurement initiatives across APAC. The role focuses on developing and executing medical category sourcing strategies, engaging stakeholders, and driving best-value outcomes through supplier negotiations and strong commercial management.

In this hybrid, permanent position, you will lead cross-functional teams, optimise contracts, and realise cost savings while delivering superior service quality.

Qualifications

• Senior procurement professional with medical category experience advantageous.
• Exceptional negotiation capability with complex supplier negotiations.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across senior leaders.
• Advanced financial acumen, including business case development, cost modelling and risk assessment.

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 for the business.
• Establish and drive supplier performance management frameworks, ensuring ongoing value realisation and accountability.
• Conduct regular supplier performance reviews, proactively managing risks, issues, and escalations to achieve timely resolution.
• Deliver commercial outcomes such as cost savings, cost avoidance, improved service quality, faster speed to market, and enhanced customer and stakeholder experiences.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and partner with Legal to support contract drafting, negotiation, and execution.

Skills

Vendor negotiations

Stakeholder management

Financial modelling

Category management

Leadership

Job description

• Procurement APAC– Strategic Sourcing
• Senior Sourcing Manager, Medical Category
• Hybrid, Permanent, full time
• Location – Melbourne or Sydney

At Bupa, purpose meets possible . Join us and help shape a future where healthcare is more connected, more personal and more human. We’re a global healthcare leader trusted by millions and committed to helping people to live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. Healthcare is changing, and so are we. We’re investing in more clinics, better systems and smarter, more connected ways to help our customers.

As we continue to expand our services and invest in innovation, you’ll help create a healthcare system that meets people where they are, responds to what they need and leaves them better than before. Here, your work has purpose, your voice matters and your future is full of possibility. Just imagine the impact you could make.

The purpose of this role is:

This is a key role that will drive the development and execution of sourcing strategies for the medical category. This involves ensuring best-value outcomes through effective market engagement, supplier negotiations, and commercial management. The Senior Sourcing Manager will accelerate the achievement of strategic and financial objectives through procurement best practices, cross-functional stakeholder engagement, and operational execution.

What you’ll be responsible for?

• 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 for the business.
• Establish and drive supplier performance management frameworks, ensuring ongoing value realisation and accountability.
• Conduct regular supplier performance reviews, proactively managing risks, issues, and escalations to achieve timely resolution.
• Deliver commercial outcomes such as cost savings, cost avoidance, improved service quality, faster speed to market, and enhanced customer and stakeholder experiences.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and partner with Legal to support contract drafting, negotiation, and execution.

Why you’ll love it?

We support our people to be the healthiest and happiest versions of themselves. From providing initiatives that develop careers to looking after our people’s health, wellbeing and futures. Through the Viva Healthier and Happier program, we’re providing health benefits for everyone who works at Bupa, no matter their role.

What you’ll need to make it possible:

As a senior procurement professional, we anticipate you’ll be proficient in delivering sourcing strategies from concept through to execution, with medical category experience advantageous.

In addition, you’ll bring to the role:

• Exceptional commercial negotiation capability, including leading complex supplier negotiations and securing significant business outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility and partner effectively with senior leaders across the business.
• Advanced financial acumen, including business case development, cost modelling, financial analysis, and risk assessment.
• Leadership qualities to manage complex, cross-functional environments, driving collaboration, accountability, and successful delivery through indirect teams.
• Deep category management and supplier performance expertise in medical category would be highly desirable, including supplier governance, contract management, service performance, and value realisation.

At Bupa your wellbeing, identity, and personal story are respected and valued. We are continuing to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Bupa is committed to providing equal opportunities and fostering a workplace and environment that is free of discrimination, bullying and harassment.

We actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ applicants.

We are dedicated to removing barriers to participation. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, or if you’d like to discuss how this role can be flexible for you, please let us know so we can support your participation on an equitable basis.