Job Description:
Category Manager
Bupa Place (Salford Quays, M50 3SP)
Hybrid (1 day per week in the office)
FTC 6 Months
Full time 37.5 hours
Salary: £56,000 to £70,000 per annum DOE
Advert closes Friday 26th June 2026
We make health happen
At Bupa, our purpose is simple: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. As a healthcare provider with no shareholders, we focus on what matters most - our customers and our people.
As a Category Manager, you'll play a key role in shaping how we source and manage goods and services across the business. Your work will help ensure we deliver value, quality and sustainability, supporting the delivery of safe and effective healthcare.
You'll work with a wide range of stakeholders and suppliers, helping to build strong relationships and deliver strategic sourcing decisions. This is a great opportunity to influence change, improve outcomes and contribute to meaningful work in a purpose-led organisation.
How you'll help us make health happen
As a Category Manager, you will:
Develop and execute category strategies that result in supplier rationalisation and consolidate spend with strategic partners.
Identify opportunities to eliminate low-value or high-risk suppliers and transition to a more efficient supplier base.
Analyse spend data, and demand patterns to inform rationalisation decisions
Influence and guide colleagues through supplier consolidation process.
Develop and execute transition plans to move business from incumbent to preferred suppliers with minimal disruption.
Track and report savings, benefits delivery, and supplier reduction targets
Key skills/qualifications needed for this role
We're looking for a Category Manager who:
Has experience in procurement, category management or strategic sourcing
Demonstrates strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills
Can build effective relationships with stakeholders and suppliers
Has good analytical skills and can use data to inform decisions
Is organised and able to manage multiple priorities
Communicates clearly and confidently
Holds a relevant qualification (e.g. CIPS) or equivalent experience
Experience in regulated sectors (such as healthcare or financial services) would be helpful but is not essential.
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 per year, pro rata to your contract.
Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing
Fixed term benefits allowance
Access to our confidential employee assistance programme
Workplace pension
Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.
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.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format please email: careers@bupa.com
Time Type:
Full timeJob Area:
Finance & AccountingLocations:
Bupa Place
Bupa’s purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives. People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we make health happen.
Every company needs an ethos, and we're no different. Through good days and challenging times, we always work with our values in mind. These are: Brave - Make new possibilities happen. Caring - Act with empathy and respect. Responsible - Own your decisions and actions.
We don't have shareholders at Bupa, which means we're free to invest our profits where they matter: our patients, our facilities, our research, and you.
As a healthcare provider, we have a duty to do the right thing. By our customers, our people and our partners. The Bupa Code holds us to this duty. It's our promise to protect, care for, and build trust with everyone who relies on us.
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.
You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.Free
to be you.
Back in September 2018, we made a pledge. That we'd do whatever we could to make Bupa a diverse, kind and inclusive place to work.
Everyone deserves a positive working environment. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard. Everyone deserves freedom from bullying, harassment and discrimination.
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