Procurement Category Manager
Procurement Category Manager - (12 Month FTC)
National Support Office
Mō te Tūranga | About the Role
As our Procurement Category Manager, you’ll play a key role in shaping procurement strategy across Southern Cross Healthcare’s national hospital network, supporting 10 wholly owned hospitals, six joint venture hospitals, and six specialist centres across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Acting as a trusted partner to clinical leaders, operational teams, and senior stakeholders, you’ll drive strategic sourcing outcomes that deliver value, manage risk, and support high-quality healthcare delivery.
This is a role for a commercially minded procurement professional who thrives on turning strategy into tangible results. You’ll lead category management and sourcing activity across allocated medical categories, developing category strategies, running market engagements, negotiating supplier agreements, and ensuring contracts deliver measurable value and performance for our hospitals.
We will need you to bring strong market insight and commercial judgement to supplier relationships and procurement initiatives. You’ll analyse market dynamics, manage key supplier partnerships, and collaborate with teams internally to deliver sustainable savings and operational improvements.
Working across a complex healthcare environment, you’ll help strengthen supplier performance, optimise procurement processes, and contribute to a procurement function focused on long-term strategic value for Southern Cross Healthcare.
This is a 12-month fixed term role based at our National Support Office in Auckland CBD.
Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience
- 4+ years’ experience in procurement, sourcing, or category management, ideally within healthcare or medical procurement.
- Proven experience leading RFx processes, supplier negotiations, and contract management to deliver strong commercial outcomes.
- Strong analytical capability with the ability to interpret market trends, supplier dynamics, and financial data to inform procurement strategies.
- Skilled stakeholder manager, able to build trusted relationships with suppliers, clinical teams, operational leaders, and senior stakeholders.
- Experience managing supplier performance and supplier relationship management (SRM) to drive value and continuous improvement outcomes.
- Tertiary qualification in business, procurement, supply chain, finance, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).
Ngā mea ka taea e mātou te tuku I a koe | What we can offer you:
- Competitive Rewards: Attractive remuneration package, relocation allowance, and employee referral bonus scheme.
- Health & Wellbeing: Funded health insurance, a comprehensive wellbeing programme, and generous Christmas/New Year breaks.
- Flexibility & Growth: Flexible working arrangements
- Perks & Community: Discounts from a range of partners and the opportunity to join our Employee Rainbow Network.
Ko wai matou | Our Organisation
At Southern Cross Healthcare, our purpose is clear: to advance quality healthcare across Aotearoa New Zealand. Our values shape everything we do:
- Care First – We lead with compassion, delivering care that’s deeply human through genuine manaakitanga.
- Better Together – Collaboration is our strength. We unite diverse skills and perspectives to create better outcomes for all.
- Pursue Excellence – We strive to improve, innovate, and excel every day—never settling, always aiming to deliver our best.
We’re proud to bring together over 4,000 skilled professionals—including 2,000 nurses and anaesthetic technicians—working alongside more than 1,200 specialists, surgeons, anaesthetists, and allied health experts. Together, we’re one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest and most trusted healthcare providers.
Driven by a strong ‘for purpose’ ethos, we think beyond financial quarters—planning for generations to come.
Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai | Our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and foster a culturally safe environment that reflects manaakitanga and values the unique perspectives of our people. Our core value, Better Together, guides our goal to build a workforce that mirrors the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand.
If you have specific needs or would like to discuss how we can support you, please contact our Talent Acquisition team at careers@schl.co.nz for a confidential conversation.
Haere mai, ā, mā te mahi tahi ka whai wāhi ki tētahi mea whai take, ka āwhina i ngā tāngata ki te whai oranga mā te whakaaro anō ki te tautiaki hauora
Join us, and together, each of us can be part of something important, helping people live their best lives by reimagining healthcare.
