Chief of Procurement Procurement Officer III Supervisor

Position: Chief of Procurement PROCUREMENT OFFICER III SUPERVISOR

When you join the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS), you join a team of more than 5,000 employees across the state dedicated to positively changing the lives of more than 1 million Marylanders each year. We do this by providing economic support, preventive services, and caring for children and adults. We aim to deliver services so that we more quickly meet the needs of the people we serve.

At DHS, we grapple with hard questions to find new ways to foster a culture of bold innovation. We do this to ensure that in Maryland, we leave no one behind.

Grade

20

Location of Position

Baltimore City Department of Social Services
Office of Procurement
1910 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21213

Main Purpose of Job

The main purpose of this position is to provide oversight and management of the daily activities of the Contracts and Procurement Unit, which assists in the assurance that required goods and services needed for the agency's successful accomplishment of its goals are acquired. Equally critical to the purpose of this position is the compliance of the agency with all Federal and State Procurement laws, policies and regulations.

Position

Duties

• Provides daily oversight and direction of staff who perform contact and procurement functions.
• Provides oversight of the modification process of contracts, options to renew and the actual renewal of current/existing contracts.
• Provides daily oversight of purchasing activities necessary to acquire goods and services for the benefits of the operating program and the administration of the Baltimore City Department of Social Services.
• Ensures that budgetary expenditures control codes are provided by the budget office, prior to processing ad approval of requisitions and purchase orders.

Minimum Qualifications

Applicants must meet all minimum (and selective) qualifications to be considered, and to appear on the list of people eligible for hire. Please read all requirements before applying.

Experience: Eight years of experience, four years of experience in ensuring appropriate and consistent enterprise-wide interpretation of and compliance with enterprise level procurement laws, regulations, policies and procedures and an additional four years of professional public sector procurement, or private sector contracting experience, which included activities such as soliciting, evaluating, negotiating and awarding contracts, advertising procurement opportunities, distributing specifications to vendors, coordinating bidder evaluation committees, conducting vendor debriefings, monitoring contract performance, eProcurement management, professionals certification or procurement business operations.

Notes

• Candidates may substitute one year of experience in ensuring appropriate and consistent enterprise-wide interpretation of and compliance with enterprise level procurement laws, regulations, policies and procedures for the additional four years of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute certification as a Certified Public Manager from the National Association of Purchasing Management;
  Certified Professional Contracts Manager from the National Contract Management Association;
  Certified Public Purchasing Officer or Certified Professional Public Buyer from the Universal Public Purchasing Certification Council (National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc. or National Association of State Purchasing Officers) for the additional four years of the required experience.
• Positions may substitute the possession of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and four years of experience in ensuring appropriate and consistent enterprise-wide interpretation of and compliance with enterprise level procurement laws, regulations, policies and procedures for the required experience of experience.
• Candidates may substitute the possession of a Doctorate of Jurisprudence degree or a Master’s degree in Business Administration for six years of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Contracting, Industrial Management or logistics specialist classifications or administrative support specialty…