Mission, Vision & Values

Our Mission

• Provide high-quality service, best value through best practices, in a fiscally responsible manner.
• Deliver user friendly and efficient buying methods, training programs, customer service and support.
• Leverage the institution's buying power to develop strategic supplier business relationships and implement cost effective contracts that produce significant financial return-on-investment.
• Support the principals of socially responsible purchasing.

Our Vision

• Set the standard for supply management.
• Achieve recognition as the leading supply management organization in higher education and competitive with best-in-class in the private industry.

Our Values

• Accountability for effective stewardship of all of our business practices.
• Adaptability to effectively change course when the situation or environment call for it.
• Collaboration resulting in effective teamwork and strong partnerships across the division, the University, and with external strategic business partners.
• Customer responsiveness resulting from engaging our customers and incorporating their feedback to improve our services.
• Skills development to build the knowledge we need to grow and excel in our individual and divisional roles.
• Workplace diversity to embrace various backgrounds and perspectives in our workforce so we can best serve our broad customer base.