Purchasing Department

Julie Jerome
Buyer - Auxiliary & Technical Services

Division: Administration & Finance

Julie is responsible for obtaining the optimal value for materials and services. Julie works to ensure quality supplier performance by resolving performance problems and analyzing market and delivery conditions as well as identifying new products and services, which will benefit the University.

She assists end-users in accessing vendors and answering questions regarding entering, revising, and processing of various documents within the University ERP System (Banner). Julie directs work and supervises student employees. She also coordinates the maintenance of various databases and files, including bidding database; vendor bid list, lease and insurance databases as well as updating the Purchasing Web page. Julie administers vendor contracts, solicits bids and approves high-dollar purchases. Julie conducts on-line purchasing training of campus staff and assists the Director with development of policies and procedures in order to assure improvement as well as achieve University, department and individual goals.

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