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About Purchasing Services |
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Purchasing Services, a department within the University's Business Services Division, is responsible for central procurement leadership at Penn. The focus of Purchasing Services is on its customers - the faculty, staff, and students at Penn who carry out the University's education and research mission. Driven by the pillars of the Penn Compact 2020 - Inclusion, Innovation, Impact - Purchasing Services performs the following core activities for the University:
- Sourcing and negotiating favorable supply chain solutions, leveraging the University's spend to achieve best-value outcomes
- Managing supplier relationships to ensure end customers' needs are met
- Delivering positive impact in the areas of economic inclusion, environmental sustainability, and responsible supply chain management
- Implementing and managing innovative procurement solutions to enable optimal process efficiency and make smart purchasing easy
Purchasing Services' Executive Sponsors
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