Procurement Automation is a unit within Procurement Services dedicated to operation and support of digital procurement transaction processing. The team is responsible for all technology-related build and support activities for SRM + Ariba Network Shopping, SAP Requisitions (Healthcare/Facilities), procurement-based SAP master data, myUK Enterprise Amazon Business, procurement analytics, technical learning resource development, and more. Among other responsibilities, this includes a directive to augment and improve digital procurement transactions in order to provide units needed efficiencies for and streamlining of their purchase transactions.
Team strategic objectives, to the greatest extent possible, are devoted to:
- digitize, automate, and streamline manual procurement processes to increase efficiencies throughout transaction streams
- design, build, deploy, and maintain modern procurement-based user experiences (UX) for units to purchase needed goods and services
- augment the institution’s e-catalog portfolio to provide a marketplace of high volume transaction suppliers
- manage and support convenient order creation while maintaining required oversight via institutional checks and balances
- support business process improvement as it relates to procurement transactions
- minimize manual touchpoints related to procurement transactions and increase efficiency through digital automation