About Purchasing

Our Mission

Our mission is to develop and deliver meaningful business results. We support Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Management, Contracts and Procurement Operations that save time, add value and mitigate risk.

Guiding principles include:

  • Implementing a university wide scalable organization (Sourcing and Supplier Management, Operations & Contracts Management)
    • Providing a standardized contract review process within the university
    • Developing a loyal, skilled, productive and innovative supplier base
    • Developing and executing efficient sourcing strategies Increasing visibility into our contractual commitments with suppliers
    • Employing Demand Management techniques to identify the underlying drivers of external spending and reduce or eliminate unnecessary consumption Effectively negotiate commercial terms that drive completion to generate savings
  • Implementing Best in Class processes, procedures, & technology
  • Building new and enhancing existing partnerships with our internal customers
    • Aligning our objectives with our customers short, mid and long term goals
    • Implementing controls on the Requisition to Pay process, supplier performance management and governance
  • Defining our delivery model and communicating to our key business stakeholders
  • Implementing a scalable reporting model

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