Business Operations
Business Operations is responsible for providing operational and financial services support to the Facilities Management department. This includes:
- Facilities budget allocation, accounting and purchasing functions.
- Developing and administrating Facilities Management and Western Michigan University business policies and procedures.
- Natural gas procurement for the Power Plant.
- Evaluation of campus utility usage (natural gas, electricity, water and sewer) in cooperation with power plant director and energy manager.
- Administration of Facilities Management payments as a satellite of the Office of Payroll and Disbursements.
- Processing vendor contracts, purchase orders, as well as time and material contracts as a satellite of the Purchasing Department.
- Preparing, monitoring and posting monthly billings.
- Entering of project and work order data into the WebTMA database system.
- Reviewing project budget status and adherence to standard project procedures.
- Preparing monthly financial reports for distribution.
- Reconciling and maintaining procurement card records.