Job reference: PSX-028563
Salary: £25,488 - £26,942 per annum depending on experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Professional Services
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Procurement
Hours Per Week: 35 hours per week (1 FTE)
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 07/05/2025
Contract Duration: Fixed term for 13 months
School/Directorate: Directorate of Finance

Job Description


You will work as an Operational Buyer in the busy Procurement Hub. You will be a user of the Oracle Financial System familiar with processes for raising requisitions and converting them to purchase orders in line with the University’s ‘procure to pay’ process.

The role requires you 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 undertake necessary system housekeeping including: reviewing and processing current year requisitions and purchase orders, chasing those over three months old, with an ‘open’ status and truing up/closing.

You liaise with colleagues across the University providing general advice on Oracle to ensure that orders are issued, received and paid and that each stage of the process is actioned and recorded on the Oracle Financial System. In addition to this you will work with a number of other systems in use within the Procurement Hub.

You will work well within a team, be organised, accurate, numerate and familiar with Oracle Financials. You will possess a good working knowledge and experience of the MS Office suite including sound ability with Excel and Access.

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.

Please note this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post.

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:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

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.



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