In addition to being a hands-on Operational Buyer you will also be an expert user of the Oracle Financial System responsible for ensuring that the procurement module remains fit for purpose allowing the ‘procure to pay’ process to operate effectively.
The role requires you to ensure that requisitions and orders follow the University’s Financial Regulations, Procedures and Purchasing Policy, and that purchase orders are issued in an accurate and timely manner. You will contribute to the smooth running of the procurement module within the Oracle Financial System understanding standard functionality, preparing training documentation, and undertaking testing of software upgrades, and supporting user acceptance testing.
In addition to this you will manage and maintain several other systems in use within the Procurement Hub. You will be proactive in identifying opportunities to improve processes and with the skills to record and map these.
You will be very comfortable using Oracle Financials and possess a good understanding of procurement processes and systems. You will possess a detailed working knowledge and experience of the MS Office suite including advanced ability with Excel, Access and Visio.
What you will get in return:
* Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
* Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
* Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
* Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
* Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers
As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.
Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more here
Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.
Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.
Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk. Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.
Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Matthew Hearn
Email: matthew.hearn@manchester.ac.uk
General enquiries:
Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk
Technical support:
This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.
Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.