Strategic Procurement Operations Lead

Wellcome Genome Campus Limited; Hinxton; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellcome Genome Campus Limited is seeking a Buying Operations Lead to own requisition-to-purchase order workflows in Oracle Fusion, ensuring timely progress and policy compliance. You will identify blockers, coordinate across teams and drive improvements in supplier onboarding, PO issues and invoicing processes.

You will use data to spot recurring problems, push for automation and promote self-service buying while maintaining strong controls and practical outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of buying operations, requisition-to-PO workflows and procure-to-pay in a controlled environment.
• Experience in exception-based purchasing and governance.
• Ability to identify risks, root causes and coordinate cross-team resolutions.

Responsibilities

• Own requisition-to-purchase order workflows in Oracle Fusion and ensure compliance with controls.
• Lead exception management, identify blockers and coordinate actions across teams.
• Coordinate supplier onboarding and resolve PO, receipting, invoice, pricing and delivery issues.
• Analyse data to spot trends, drive automation and improve self-service buying.

Skills

Buying operations

Procure-to-pay

Stakeholder collaboration

Data analysis

Exception management

Process improvement

Excel

Tools

Oracle Fusion

ERP systems

Job description

Wellcome Genome Campus Limited is seeking a Buying Operations Lead to own requisition-to-purchase order workflows in Oracle Fusion, ensuring timely progress and policy compliance. You will identify blockers, coordinate across teams and drive improvements in supplier onboarding, PO issues and invoicing processes.

You will use data to spot recurring problems, push for automation and promote self-service buying while maintaining strong controls and practical outcomes.