Buyer

BUPA Care Homes (CFCHomes); Salford; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Health insurance

Enhanced pension

Annual bonus

Onsite gym/discounts

Discounts and wellbeing programmes

Job summary

Bupa Place, Salford Quays, Manchester is seeking a seasoned buyer for a hybrid role (up to 3 days from home). This fixed term contract runs until end May 2027, with a starting salary of £40,000 per annum and a generous benefits package including pension and healthcare.

The role sits in our UK support functions, helping deliver outstanding procurement and supplier management. The Buyer will lead category plans, manage negotiations, and champion cost-effective sourcing while coordinating with

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in a relevant field; MCIPS desirable or in progress.
• Proven sourcing experience and ability to deliver savings.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive category/purchasing plan with a savings pipeline.
• Lead category prioritisation based on benefits and business needs.
• Set and drive sourcing timelines; negotiate contracts on behalf of the organisation.
• Create innovative procurement solutions and align with internal requirements.
• Engage with stakeholders to ensure requirements are understood and met.

Skills

Sourcing experience

Deliver cost savings

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Education

Graduate Degree

MCIPS qualified or studying towards MCIPS

Job description

Job Description:

Buyer

Hybrid working with up to 3 days per week working from home

Bupa Place, Salford Quays, Manchester

Fixed Term Contract until end May 2027

Salary starting from £40,000 per annum dependent upon experience

Fantastic benefits including generous pension and healthcare

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:

We're looking to appoint a seasoned buyer to help support our procurement. This is a highly commercial role combining a high degree of stakeholder engagement with the need to prioritise and be self motivated. The Buyer is accountable for their specific category, with responsibility to ensure products and services are sourced competitively and cost effectively which includes identifying and delivering cost savings.

In addition, the job holder will:

• Develop and maintains a comprehensive category/purchasing plan which has a clear savings/opportunity pipeline.
• Establish or follows category prioritises based on benefits and opportunities and business requirements
• Actively set, lead and drive the timeline for sourcing initiatives.
• Lead contract negotiations on behalf of the organisation and develop negotiation plans.
• Develop innovative solutions by challenging the status quo and business requirements.
• Interface with stakeholders to ensure requirements are understood.
• Actively contribute to meetings and at events and is a Procurement advocate, positively raising the profile of Procurement throughout the organisation.
• Maintains commercial confidentiality and conduct supplier relationships with the highest standard of ethical conduct.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Ideally holds a Graduate Degree
• Desirable MCIPS qualified or is studying towards this qualification
• Sourcing experience and expertise
• Experience of delivering savings through driving sourcing and category procurement activities
• Excellent communication skills
• Comprehensive experience of working closely with internal stakeholders to ensure a successful commercial outcome

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Finance & Accounting

Locations:

Bupa Place