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To carry out purchasing processes for the procurement of goods and services to ensure that university units conduct their activities effectively and efficiently, and to ensure the effective use of financial resources.
To collect, review, and evaluate purchasing requests from academic and administrative units.
To verify the appropriateness of purchasing requests; to obtain opinions from the Property Accounting Office and other relevant units when necessary.
To take necessary measures to ensure that units submit their requests within reasonable lead times to facilitate a planned and effective purchasing process.
To prepare the annual consolidated proforma purchasing budget; in this context, to request annual purchasing forecasts from all units and report the realizations to senior management on a monthly basis.
To direct purchasing requests to the relevant purchasing personnel according to product groups.
To prepare the Purchasing Directorate Service Standards and submit them for senior management approval.
To prepare technical and administrative specifications for works decided to be included in the tender scope and to manage the tender processes.
To obtain the favorable opinion of the Legal Affairs Counsel for all matters subject to a contract.
To notify the Property Accounting Office of the deadline dates for every purchasing decision approved by the President of the Board of Trustees.
To forward completed purchasing files to the Department of Financial Affairs.
To ensure coordination with the Department of Financial Affairs regarding tax obligations (withholding, end-of-month VAT transactions, etc.).
To create the approved supplier list and manage the supplier evaluation system.
To prepare annual action plans and implementation schedules in line with institutional strategies.
To fulfill the requirements of the implemented management systems.