Supply Management is UBC's resource for faculties and departments to obtain expertise and advice when purchasing goods and services for both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.

March 20, 2012

Change is driven by many factors – strategic objectives, technology, economics, social and philosophical changes are all key elements of change.  We see change in our daily lives and in our work.  Inherent in the University construct, we have undertaken significant changes in our organization to be more effective today and in the future (see  UBC Finance Realignment and Implementing an Integrated Distributed Model in Finance.)

These changes are designed to offer career paths and richer professional opportunities through mentoring, talent development, career laddering, mobility, consistent performance management and compensation.  Drive implementation of Place and Promise within a challenging fiscal environment and a promise to continue improve our administrative processes to make our organization more effective and make life easier for students, faculty and staff.

This is a very exciting time for Payment & Procurement Services as we are in the centre of these changes.   The organization restructure will drive our system improvements in support of these goals by creating synergies between all groups: Accounts Payable, Supply Management, Payroll and Campus Mail on both campuses.

For instance, Accounts Payable and Supply Management are in the process of making changes over the next 12 months to the procure to pay process by launching a single Visa card which will be University liability, online interface for entering expenses online reducing paper and deploying UBCBuySmart information program to support staff and faculty to access the right solutions. 

Our objective and outcome in support of these organizational changes are important steps to continue to improve the effectiveness of the University’s operating model. I am very excited working with all of you in our Payment & Procurement Services transformations. 

Dennis Silva

Director, Payment & Procurement Services

"Change brings opportunity"

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