Senior Vice President, Contracts and Procurement

Title:

Senior Vice President, Contracts and Procurement
Department:
Contracts and Procurement
Salary Grade: U
Target Salary Range: $180,100 to $200,000

The Senior Vice President, Contracts and Procurement is responsible for leading Atlanta Housing’s solicitation and acquisition of goods and services necessary to meet Atlanta Housing’s needs as it serves some 26,000+ low- and moderate income families. The primary emphases of this role provides strategic and accountable leadership for all Atlanta Housing (including affiliates and subsidiaries) solicitations, manages and oversees all procurement and contracting activity, maintains accountable contract compliance, provides robust procurement forecasting, educates internal and external clients as to Atlanta Housing’s procurement practices, and promotes Atlanta Housing’s Small Business initiatives.

The professional in this position provides visionary leadership and oversight of the practices and activities that safeguard the transparency, competition and integrity of Atlanta Housing’s procurement methods and strategies. This leadership position manages a team yet requires direct execution in addition to strategic oversight and development of the team. This position reports directly to the Chief Operating Officer.

• Manages the timely workflow and processing of formal and informal procurement activities including invitation for bids, requests for proposals and other procurement methods, as appropriate, for the acquisition of goods, services, information technology and construction services, etc.
• Serves as the focal point liaison between Atlanta Housing and third-party vendor and contractor entities on all acquisition activities.
• Collaborates with all departments throughout the agency to facilitate the smooth, timely, and regulatorily compliant acquisition of goods and services.
• Leads, coordinates, manages and facilitates the strategic direction, design, development, implementation and coordination of all Contracts and Procurement Services departmental operations and activities efficiently and effectively within appropriate policy guidelines, with an emphasis on consummate “customer responsiveness,” including, but not limited to: (i) development, publication and evaluation of all phases of the solicitation and acquisition processes; (ii) enhancement of Department and individual team policy and procedures;
  
  (iii) completion of special projects/initiatives; (iv) systems and quality assurance activities that facilitate the electronic conversion (i.e., E-Procurement) of the department’s acquisition, strategic relations, quality assurance, compliance and administration activities; (v) delivery of strategic relations activities including monitoring compliance with government labor regulations and internal and external reporting; (vi) internal/external marketing, training, technical assistance of the Department’s activities and services;
  
  (vii) Vendor Database recruitment/outreach, monitoring and maintenance; (viii) state-of-the-art internal training programs and curricula related to Contracts and Procurement Services activities; (ix) facilitation of emergency or other unplanned acquisitions and such other acquisition activities as Atlanta Housing, or its subsidiaries, may require from time to time; (x) and provide analysis, tracking and reporting of sourcing trends and vendor performance on a regular basis to demonstrate progress against strategic objectives.
• Advise executive and senior leadership on matters that impact the Atlanta Housing’s solicitation, compliance and other procurement related activities in a timely manner with recommendations regarding appropriate responsible actions.
• Effectively interface with Atlanta…