Procurement Director

2 months ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Full time
Job Summary

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago is seeking a highly skilled Procurement Director to oversee the procurement of materials, supplies, equipment, and services for the organization.

Key Responsibilities
  • Procurement Operations: Supervise the day-to-day operations and projects of the Procurement Division, ensuring compliance with the District's Purchasing Act and internal policies.
  • Purchasing Policy Development: Develop, refine, and recommend improvements to purchasing policies and procedures in accordance with statutory requirements, industry trends, and good business practices.
  • Contract Administration: Evaluate and analyze competitive sealed bids, competitive sealed proposals, and requests for statement of interest/qualifications, and engage in negotiations with consultants for highly technical and complex projects.
  • Supply Chain Management: Direct the disposition and/or destruction of surplus, obsolete, and worn-out supplies, materials, and equipment, and establish standard contract clauses for use in contracts, solicitations, and purchase orders.
  • Team Leadership: Assign, supervise, and review work, ensuring staff compliance with District policies and procedures, and complete performance reviews, address employee complaints and grievances, and recommend employment actions.
Requirements
  • Education: Graduation from a four-year accredited college or university majoring in business or public administration, engineering, or allied science.
  • Experience: Six years of experience in the large-scale purchasing of materials, supplies, and equipment as a prime duty, or additional experience in the large-scale purchasing of materials, supplies, and equipment as a prime duty may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
  • Civil Service Status: Civil service status as a Supervising Buyer or Senior Buyer.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Procurement Knowledge: Thorough knowledge of generally accepted purchasing principles, practices, procedures, and statutory requirements applicable to large-scale governmental purchasing.
  • Contract Development: Thorough knowledge of contract development and administration.
  • Supply Chain Knowledge: Thorough knowledge of supply sources for a wide variety of materials, supplies, and equipment utilized by the District.
  • Communication Skills: Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
  • Leadership Skills: Ability to plan and supervise the work of a section or other organizational unit.

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