PURCHASING/CENTRAL RECEIVING – FIVE YEAR VISION
SHARED VISION
The role of this department
within the College is to provide assistance to the College community in the
purchase of goods and materials necessary for the operation. We purchase all
of the furniture, vehicles, paper, and copiers for the College. We develop
and implement the bid process to ensure
Additionally, we serve as the mail center for the College. We sort and process all incoming and outgoing mail. We also are responsible for the physical aspects of all department and furniture moves.
We value good customer service, our part time help, cost efficiencies, integrity, timeliness, hard work, loyalty, teamwork and a fun work environment.
MAJOR INITIATIVES
Take over all deliveries in our seven county area and eliminate the services of Grant Wood AEA.
Develop a department web page.
Develop a stronger partnership with the College’s printing services department.
Acquire additional space for our ever-growing storage needs. This will allow us to make bulk purchases of relevant products, as well as to expand a severely crowded mail center.
Purchase of equipment that will allow for in-house automation of mailings.
Purchase of one additional cargo van due to the increasing frequency of furniture moves.