Director of Procurement

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Position: Director Procurement

Department: Procurement

Pay Range

Full Range: $135,177 - $202,765 Annually

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification.

Pima County is seeking an accomplished and strategic leader to serve as our Procurement Director, overseeing a $3.3 Million budget and 30 positions for a centralized department that is nationally recognized for achievement of procurement excellence. This is a unique opportunity to oversee the procurement operations of a large and dynamic public sector organization. You will report directly to the Deputy County Administrator and collaborate with more than 45 Department Heads and Elected Officials to direct the procurement of goods and services and drive sustainable and innovative purchasing strategies that support the County’s diverse needs. In this critical role, you will be responsible for providing strategic and tactical leadership for strategic sourcing in an eProcurement environment with a focus on improving business operations and streamlining the sourcing process. You will also engage in compliance reporting, departmental budgeting, and collaboration with key internal stakeholders to implement varied procurement initiatives while complying with County, State, and Federal laws, ordinances, codes, rules and regulations, and the County’s internal management directives. Your focus will be providing direct leadership to three procurement divisions, fostering effective management, collaboration, and professional growth of all procurement personnel. Your responsibilities will include overseeing the County’s Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Living Wage, Purchasing Card, and Surplus Property programs as well as Vendor Relations and the County’s Contracts Repository. If you are an innovative leader with extensive management experience and a passion for directing and collaborating with large teams to achieve strategic procurement objectives, we want to hear from you!

This classification is in the unclassified service and is exempt from the Pima County Merit System Rules.

The first review of applications will be on 10/25/2024.

About the Department:

Vision Statement

To be recognized as an organization dedicated to conserving public funds while conducting its procurement process in a fair, open, and competitive manner.

Mission Statement

The Pima County Procurement Department strives to maximize the benefits that Pima County citizens receive from the expenditure of public funds on goods and services in a professional, ethical, and lawful manner, through a program dedicated to transparency, impartiality, accountability, and excellent customer service.

Values Statement

The Pima County Procurement Department is a supporter of the Institute for Public Procurement (NIGP) Values and Guiding Principles of Public Procurement to shape, empower, and elevate the public procurement profession through global values, principles, and standards of practice. The Values include Accountability, Ethics, Impartiality, Professionalism, Service, and Transparency.

Duties/Responsibilities:

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Serves as the central procurement agent by directing the purchasing operations of the Procurement Department for the acquisition of goods and services, execution of contract awards and retention, and the Vendor Relations, PCard and Surplus Property programs;
• Directs County Business Enterprise Programs including Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Living Wage;
• Directs the development, implementation and enforcement of procurement code, policies and procedures;
• Develops and implements procurement strategies that align with County objectives
• Interprets and applies principles and practices of County, State and Federal laws, ordinances, codes, rules and regulations for the procurement of goods and services and public sector fiscal administration;
• Advises on contract negotiations and vendor selection, while collaborating with key internal stakeholders in addressing complex procurement issues;
• Oversees the preparation and delivery of mandated annual procurement and other statutory or compliance-based reports;
• Oversees the management of the eProcurement system;
• Administers and controls the department budget preparation process.

Minimum Qualifications:

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, majoring in public or business administration, accounting, finance, law, materials management, procurement, or a related field as determined by the County Administrator at the time of recruitment, AND ten years experience in procurement, finance, business, law, public administration, contracts, or other relevant discipline.

(Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Ten (10) years of experience in developing and implementing strategic procurement solutions and contract management within a complex public sector environment.
2. Active certification by a public purchasing organization as a Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.), Certified Public Procurement Officer (CPPO), Certified Public Procurement Buyer (CBBP) or Certified Procurement Professional (CPP).
3. Five (5) years experience in managing a procurement department within a large organization of over 1,000 employees.
4. Experience in procurement software and tools, such as ERP systems or procurement platforms.