Bupa
Supplier Assurance and Project Manager
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Job Description:
Supplier Assurance & Project Manager
Location: Hybrid - Manchester based or Staines Office required minimum 1 day per week
Salary: £56,000
Contract type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract, full time 37.5 hour per week
The Role
We’re looking for a Supplier Assurance & Project Manager to join our Procurement function at a critical time of transformation.
Driven by upcoming regulatory changes, this role will be instrumental in reviewing current supplier risk practices, improving reporting quality, and ensuring the organisation is fully compliant and governance ready.
This is a high-visibility role where you’ll challenge the status quo, influence senior stakeholders, and shape how supplier assurance is delivered going forward.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead regulatory readiness activity, assessing current supplier assurance practices against March 2027 requirements
- Oversee and challenge supplier reporting and monthly KPI submissions, ensuring accuracy and meaningful insight
- Identify, assess, and monitor third-party supplier risks, escalating gaps and remediation actions
- Review and enhance procurement and supplier assurance processes, driving consistency and efficiency
- Support and contribute to Supplier at Risk Forums and governance committees, including preparing executive summaries
- Collaborate with stakeholders across procurement, risk, and the wider business to ensure effective supplier oversight
- Take full ownership of assigned workstreams, delivering high-quality outputs within a team environment
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What We’re Looking For
- Background in Third Party Risk Management (TPRM), Supplier Assurance, Procurement, or Operational Risk
- Strong understanding of regulatory compliance and risk frameworks
- Experience reviewing supplier performance, reporting, and KPIs
- Ability to analyse data, identify gaps, and provide effective challenge
- Experience improving and embedding processes and governance structures
- Strong stakeholder management, including exposure to senior forums
- Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities independently
- Experience producing executive-level summaries and insights
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.
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Fixed Term Benefit Allowance
- Management Bonus
- An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
- Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
- Various other benefits and online discounts
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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 time
Job Area: People & HR
Locations: Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House
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