About Us
The primary function of the Purchasing Office is to advise departments how to achieve value for money when ordering goods and services on behalf of the University. Other activities include:
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Directing the University's procurement strategy
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Negotiating preferred supplier agreements
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Managing the Procurement to Pay (P2P) process
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Training staff in all areas of the purchasing process including tendering and negotiation
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Managing the University's contracts for photocopiers and office stationery
The Expenditure pages of the Finance website provide more details on the activities of the Purchasing Office, purchasing procedures, training courses, preferred suppliers etc.
The Purchasing team comprises the following staff:
Robin Higgins
Purchasing Manager
01227 782792
The key areas of Robin's work are providing purchasing expertise to departments who are running their own tender exercises, providing training on all aspects of purchasing (including the P2P process) and identifying and cataloguing cost savings that the University makes.
Jess Bamonte
Purchasing Officer
01227 782347
Jess manages the day-to-day running of the University's photocopier and stationery contracts. Jess also provides the P2P Helpdesk service.
General enquiries can be e-mailed to purchasing@canterbury.ac.uk
