Procurement Officer Services and Commodities

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SUMMARY

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides strategic consultation to facilitate procurement and contracting decisions as well as project planning and management services requirements specifications and scope development for all related projects.

• Lead large and complex service and commodities procurement projects.

• Work with operating and financial staff responsible for collecting spend data to determine need and potential economies of scale.

• Review of specifications and scopes to determine effectiveness for competitive solicitation.

• Development of contracts in collaboration with Legal.

• Aggregation of solicitations where possible on a department wide basis.

• Review of and implementation of opportunities to utilize citywide contracts and cooperative agreements that meet needs with full local state and federal compliance.

• Ensure compliance with the Citys Charlotte Business INClusion program.

• Assists with Requests for Council Action (RCA) agenda process and serve as procurement subject matter expert at RCA review meetings for the services and commodities procurements conducted.

• Performs review and approval functions within enterprise-wide resource management systems.

• Provides consultation to procurement staff and Departmental operating partners to support effective strategies in the acquisition of services and commodities.

• Deals with escalated issues related to procurement protests/appeals.

• Assists the Services & Commodities Procurement Manager in providing leadership and guidance strategic planning support on division initiatives and recommendations for continuous improvement.

• Assists with policy and compliance application and monitoring.

• Works collaboratively with the City Attorneys Office the City Clerks Office Internal Audit Risk Management and Finance to ensure that all procurement activities are performed in an appropriate legal and accurate manner with risk properly mitigated and funding issues minimized.

• Perform other related job duties as assigned.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

• Requires in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with the solicitation and procurement of services and/or commodities including project management solicitation and contract drafting negotiation execution contract administration and grant requirements.

• Ability to effectively prioritize and manage more complex procurements including citywide or cross-departmental projects.

• Ability to lead and facilitate special project teams and effectively manage competing priorities.

• Requires working knowledge of local state federal and cooperative procurement exemptions and contracting methodologies.

• Highly motivated seasoned professional able to function with minimal supervision and across multiple procurement disciplines in partnership with all levels of the organization.

• Knowledge of best practices for services and commodities procurements and contract administration.

• Experience negotiating business legal and pricing terms.

• Advanced knowledge of MS Office applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• One to three years of lead or supervisory experience in a procurement environment.

• Bachelors Degree and five to seven years of related procurement and contracting experience

• Previous purchasing experience with a government entity more specifically local government with a focus on services and commodities purchasing experience is highly desired.

• Candidates with a strong understanding and experience with solicitations (RFPs ITBs RFQs and RFIs) contract development negotiation and management.

• Professional certification(s) (i.e. NIGP-CPP C.C.M. CLGPO C.P.M CPPO CPPB and CLGPO) is strongly desired.

Minimum Qualifications:

Associates Degree and seven years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience that provides the necessary knowledge skills and abilities to successfully perform the essential job duties.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The Citys Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes but is not limited to: reference checks social security verification education verification criminal conviction record check and if applicable a credit history check sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidates written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process candidates may be asked to take a skills test and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race religion color sex national origin marital status age disability sexual orientation political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress appearance or behavior.

Our culture is to serve the community honorably.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

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You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street Suite 200 Charlotte NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST) excluding official City holidays.

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BENEFITS

The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.

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The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.