Strategic Procurement Operations Lead

sanger; Hinxton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellcome Sanger Institute is seeking an experienced Buying Operations Lead to shape and oversee requisition-to-purchase-order workflows. You will manage exceptions, partner with stakeholders, and drive improvements to automate and simplify processes while maintaining compliance.

You will lead supplier onboarding, resolve PO, receipting, invoicing and delivery issues, and use data to identify risks and drive efficiencies across the procure-to-pay cycle.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of buying operations and PO workflows within a controlled environment.
• Understanding of governance, workflow controls and exception-based purchasing.
• Knowledge of PO, supplier, receipting and invoice data dependencies and common exception types.
• Experience with ERP/e-procurement systems such as Oracle Fusion.

Responsibilities

• Own requisition-to-purchase order workflows within Oracle Fusion.
• Actively manage exceptions, escalating where needed and resolving issues.
• Coordinate supplier onboarding and enablement to ensure smooth procure-to-pay.
• Identify recurring problems from data trends and drive workflow improvements.

Skills

Requisition-to-PO

Procure-to-Pay

ERP Systems

Excel Reporting

Stakeholder Mgmt

Governance & Controls

Tools

Oracle Fusion

Excel

Job description

Wellcome Sanger Institute is seeking an experienced Buying Operations Lead to shape and oversee requisition-to-purchase-order workflows. You will manage exceptions, partner with stakeholders, and drive improvements to automate and simplify processes while maintaining compliance.

You will lead supplier onboarding, resolve PO, receipting, invoicing and delivery issues, and use data to identify risks and drive efficiencies across the procure-to-pay cycle.