Commercial Relationship Manager

About us

We're a not-for-profit organisation on a mission to transform ourselves and empower New Zealanders to live their healthiest lives.
 

With almost a million members in our care, we are New Zealand's leading health insurer.

We have an unstoppable focus, delivering outstanding experiences to our members in their time of need. This is an exciting time to be part of our journey and in return for your extraordinary talent, we'll provide a high performing values-based team environment where people are at our heart.

About the role

Our people make all the difference to our success and the Commercial Team is pivotal to this through the commercial and procurement services they provide at Southern Cross.  As a member of the Commercial Team, you play a vital part in enabling agile procurement processes and the effectiveness of supplier relationships to create maximum value for our members.  

The Commercial (Procurement) Relationship Manager role is accountable for enhancing procurement value across the organisation. You will work across the breadth of the procurement supplier lifecycle to deliver effective operational outcomes.  

Working closely with business stakeholders to understand their priorities and objectives, your role will optimise procurement and contracting processes and supplier relationships to enable us to realise our objectives, deliver value and contribute to the overall success of the organisation.  You will establish trusted relationships with our internal teams and participate in Agile projects where you will use your procurement expertise to identify, evaluate, contract and onboard new suppliers.  Excellent supplier management skills will ensure the relationships and performance of suppliers meets or exceeds their contractual obligations.  

About you:   

• Procurement and contract management experience in the technology space, with experience and the ability to pivot into general category procurement as required  

• Experience working with software licensing, cloud providers and professional services firms across the technology environment   

• Experienced in the use of Agile procurement methodology with ability to adapt your working style and approach to suit different situations  

• Focus on value creation and continuous improvement opportunities  

• Procurement and/or business-related qualifications with associated demonstrable experience  

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills  

Ngākau nui. Āhurutanga. Tikanga.   

Join a proud diverse team, that's always there, always real, always true. If you thrive in a caring, honest and open culture, we think you’ll love working with us.   

We know that it is our team’s culture and wellbeing that will drive us forward. That’s why we prioritise not only professional development opportunities but opportunities to thrive personally, too. We offer exceptional work/life balance and our employees are encouraged to – and rewarded for – living well.    

Southern Cross employee benefits include:   

•  five days of wellbeing leave per year    

• health insurance for you and your immediate whānau   

• life insurance cover and discounts on pet and travel insurance    

• extra parental leave benefits and financial wellbeing support    

• Participate in our workplace wellbeing programme.    

That’s not all. Need more time to study, volunteer or support your whānau? You’ll have the opportunity to purchase flexi leave. Each year, you will also get to take part in a volunteer day, to contribute to a cause or community with your team.    

Our commitment to LGBTQIA+ and minority communities is reflected in our culture, and we run a regular Diversity and Inclusion Forum to help ensure this continues to flourish. 

If you share our commitment and passion, then apply now!