Job Description: Assistant Buyer Hybrid working with up to 3 days per week working from home Bupa Place, Salford Quays, Manchester Permanent Salary £24,900 - £25,800 per annum 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. We’re looking to appoint a self-motivated, organised Assistant Buyer to join our procurement team in Manchester. Here you’ll be developing relationships with various stakeholders, and you’ll work with Buyers and Category Managers to ensure products and services are sourced in accordance with Bupa’s procurement policies. How you’ll help us make health happen Support the development and maintenance a of category/purchasing plans which have a clear savings/opportunity pipeline. Follow category prioritises based on benefits and opportunities and business requirements. Upon the instruction of the Category Specialist (Buyer), and Category Managers undertake market research and benchmarking of the goods, services and suppliers in the market, using Procurement models and methodology. Support Category Specialists (Buyers) and Category Managers with a commercial tendering process to obtain the best outcome for Bupa. Including, pre-qualification activity, requirements definition, selection criteria, issuing invitations to suppliers, tender and commercial review, and selection. Preparation of category reporting dashboards, providing clear data driven insights to category teams. Coordinate the end-to-end Due Diligence process for allocated suppliers, ensuring all documentation is collected, and effective collaboration with internal stakeholders to meet compliance requirements within agreed timeframes, providing regular updates to category team. Administer contracts into the Jaggaer procurement system including contract drafting in collaboration with stakeholders. Be a Procurement advocate, positively raising the profile of Procurement throughout the organisation. Maintain 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 or equivalent professional qualification Strong commercial awareness Negotiation and contract drafting skills an advantage Experience of building and maintaining effective relationships 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 • 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 takes pride in being a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and will aim to offer an interview/assessment to disabled applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. We’re committed to ensuring you’re treated fairly during the recruitment process and offer reasonable adjustments to anyone who may benefit from accommodations to the recruitment process. If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com Time Type: Full time Job Area: Finance & Accounting Locations: Bupa Place Be at the heart of helping people live longer healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference.