Procurement Category Specialist Team Leader

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. As Team Leader, you will lead a key procurement team, allocating workloads and managing priorities based on business requirements. You will also be accountable for identifying and delivering cost saving initiatives in order to achieve category and department targets. How you'll help us make health happen

• By managing and motivating your team and ensure they are provided with the knowledge and training needed to fulfil their roles effectively
• You'll follow and contribute to comprehensive category plans which have clear savings/opportunity pipelines whilst also supporting category priorities based on benefits and business requirements.
• Follow and support category risk plans in agreement with Category Managers and Bupa's risk management policies & procedures to mitigate Bupa's exposure to supply chain risks within the categories under management.
• Maintain personal integrity with regards to commercial confidentiality and conduct supplier relationships with the highest standard of ethical conduct and set and maintain the same expectation for the team.
  
  MCIPS or Equivalent Qualification would be beneficial but not required
• Sourcing Experience and expertise is essential
• Evidence of sourcing a wide range of products and services, including IT.
• 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
• Recent and relevant experience of leading cross functional/business unit teams
  
  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.

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
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discounts