Procurement Manager

7 days 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 Manager to oversee the procurement of materials, supplies, and equipment for the organization. The successful candidate will have a thorough knowledge of generally accepted purchasing principles, practices, procedures, and statutory requirements applicable to large-scale governmental purchasing.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop, refine, and recommend improvements to purchasing policies and procedures in accordance with statutory requirements, industry trends, and good business practices.
  • Coordinate procurement activities with other departments, including supervision of procurement liaisons; provide interpretation of procurement policies and procedures; assist departments in preparing highly technical and complex specifications, scopes of work, and qualifications requirements.
  • Direct the disposition and/or destruction of surplus, obsolete, and worn-out supplies, materials, and equipment.
  • Evaluate and analyze highly technical and complex competitive sealed bids, competitive sealed proposals, and requests for statement of interest/qualifications.
  • Engage in competitive negotiations with consultants for highly technical and complex projects regarding scope of work, prices, and terms and conditions.
  • Recommend and implement suggested enhancements or modifications to the ERP system for Procurement; supervise the testing of suggested enhancements or modifications and recommend the changes be incorporated in the production system; provide support services for information systems used to facilitate purchasing activities.
  • Assist with establishing standard contract clauses for use in contracts, solicitations, and purchase orders.
  • Process any changes orders to contracts, purchase orders, or agreements.

Requirements

  • Graduation from a four-year accredited college or university majoring in business or public administration, engineering, or allied science.
  • Six years of experience in the large-scale purchasing of materials, supplies, and equipment as a prime duty.

Substitution

  • 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.
  • Graduate study in business or public administration may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of two years.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Thorough knowledge of contract development and administration.
  • Thorough knowledge of supply sources for a wide variety of materials, supplies, and equipment utilized by the District.
  • Considerable knowledge of recent developments, current literature, and sources of information in governmental purchasing.
  • Skill in performing mathematical computations and tabulations related to the procurement function.
  • Interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to use computer systems and applications related to the procurement function.
  • Ability to plan and supervise the work of a section or other organizational unit.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.

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