UC Procurement
January 2015
Power of our collective spend
In This Issue

UC Procurement Services Welcomes New PMO Director

 

I am pleased to welcome Laurie Wolkow as the new Director of the Program Management Office and Chief of Staff, Procurement Services. Laurie is an experienced business leader with extensive consulting expertise.  Read more  

 

 

  

Bill Cooper
Associate Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer
Sponsor's Corner

 

Change is inevitable, but it can sometimes be very difficult to embrace. With mixed emotions we bid farewell to Procurement Leadership Council (PLC) member Russ Lewis, retiring after 30+ years with UC, most recently as Director of Materiel Management at UC Riverside. Russ' tenure with UC Procurement began at UCLA and his move in the mid-1980's marked the beginning of tremendous growth at UCR. Read more 

   

Bill Cooper 
Associate Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer
Spend Analytics
Final Four ready for Spend Analytics 2

The Spend Analytics reporting and Analysis tool is now being rolled out to the final 4 campuses - UCD, UCSC, UCSB and UCI. By the beginning of March, all ten campuses will be fully integrated into Spend Analytics Phase 2 and we will officially retire the Spend Analytics Phase 1 application. Read more

Todd Wirsching

Analytics & Reporting Manager

UC Procurement Services Starlight Award
   

Have you submitted a nomination yet?

 

Program details, qualifications, and the nomination form can be found on the UCOP website. Completed nomination forms should be emailed to: ProcurementAdmin@ucop.edu.   

More Catalogs & Major Progress with Sourcing Implementation

 

The eCommerce Center of Excellence team has been busy enabling new catalogs for the campuses to subscribe to and gain more content in their eCommerce environment. Read more   

 

Jenn Glassman 

eCOE Lead  

Benefit Data now part of Spend Analytics  
 
Benefit Bank Reporting in Spend Analytics had its official roll-out on January 14 of this year. All Spend Analytics users were invited on that day to celebrate the launch and attend training on the new features within the application. Read more

Todd Wirsching 
Analytics & Reporting Manager 
Dorm Furniture evaluated for Systemwide contract 

 

UCSD Housing, Dining and Hospitality hosted the 2015 Systemwide Dorm furniture Demonstration for team members from nearly every campus to evaluate suppliers prior to a systemwide RFP award.  Read more  

 

Jeremy Meadows  

Associate Director, Facilities & Maintenance COE  

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