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
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