Procurement Manager

Plans, directs, and manages the central procurement activities of the City under direction from the Deputy Finance Director; Develops, reviews, and approves new or improved administrative, purchasing, and clerical procedures to maintain economy and efficiency of operation; Approves bid proposals and specifications, composes Requests for Council Action, and presents recommendations on purchases requiring management or Council approval; Evaluates overall revisions, price and past performance of each contract and approves price increases; Maintains liaison with purchasing representatives of other public jurisdictions to join in cooperative buying when this will result in savings; Researches and evaluates commodity areas and makes recommendations for standardization and additions to Qualified Products List; Supervises and participates in the preparation of written financial and administrative reports; Creates responses to special correspondence and handles special assignments and problems such as responses to citizen inquiries and bid protests; Establishes priorities, assigns workloads and reviews the more difficult and complex assignments; Interprets contract provisions and reviews contracts for accuracy and changes prior to bid and renewal; Provides liaison between vendors, contractors, and City department officials; Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service. Job Specification

Interpret and make decisions in accordance with laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and policies governing the purchase and contracting of commodities and services for the City. Produce written technical documents in the English language with clearly organized thoughts using proper sentence construction, punctuation, and grammar. Explain complicated technical problems in simple, non-technical terms using the English language. Work cooperatively with other agency and vendor employees, City management, department heads and elected officials. Perform a broad range of supervisory responsibilities over professional buyers. Work safely without presenting a direct threat to self or others.

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