Strategic Vision

Procurement Services will strive to deliver the highest quality of customer service, support and professional procurement services to our faculty and staff, create operational excellence in a decentralized organizational structure, and strategically impact the institution's bottom line.

Mission

• Provide ethical, professional, efficient, and effective purchasing services in support of the University's education and research mission.
• Deliver to the University community the most efficient and effective buying tools, end user training, and customer support for the effective and efficient purchase of required products and services.
• Ensure the highest quality of products and services from appropriate sources of supply at the "least total cost".
• Leverage University buying power through strategic supplier management, contract negotiation, adoption of cutting edge technologies, and collaborative buying.
• Support the University's commitment to Supplier Diversity and the New Zealand business community.

Critical Success Factors

• Service: Strive to exceed customer expectations.
• Communication: Communicate to and interact with internal customers.
• Technology: Promote utilisation of authorised buying tools and adoption of new and cutting edge purchasing technologies.
• Savings: Leverage University buying power to reduce cost of required products and services.
• Value: Measure performance and track key accomplishments to demonstrate return-on-investment.
• Diversity: Promote business opportunities for local community suppliers.
• Benchmarking: Measure performance and accomplishments against peer institutions and the private sector.