Purchasing & Procurement User Roles:
PORT Shopper: A person who needs access to shop for items but who cannot create requisitions.
PORT Requsitioner: Anyone who needs to create requisitions for departments on campus.
PORT Division Approver: The person who approves requisitions for a Department or Division.
PORT ECU Approver: A person who approves special categories of purchases for the entire campus.
PORT AP: Used by Accounts Payable, query access only.
The user roles listed below are only available to employees of the Department of Materials Management.
PORT Administrator: A person who does user management, catalog management, reports, organization set up, field management, and customization of PORT. This person has access to all of the roles listed below.
PORT Supplier Administrator: A person who is responsible for maintaining the Supplier List by adding new suppliers, freezing unacceptable suppliers, and communicating with and answering question for the requisitioner.
PORT Storeroom: A person who works in the Medical Stores or Central Warehouse Stores and needs access to PORT to facilitate the ordering and distribution of orders.
PORT Buyer: A person who is a buyer for the university, who is responsible to evaluating purchases, placing items out for bids, and releasing the Purchase Order for final review.
PORT MM: A person who works in Materials Management and needs access to the PORT system to facilitate university purchases.
PORT Reporting: A person who is responsible for generating queries and reports.
PORT Stores Clerk: Stores Clerk.
PORT Stores Manager: Stores Manager.
PORT Medical Stores Clerk: Medical Stores Clerk.
PORT Medical Stores Manager: Medical Stores Manager.
If assistance is needed regarding the selection of PORT user roles, please contact Chuck Boulinea boulineac@ecu.edu.