Procurement Director, Saudi Arabia

Procurement Director

-Plans, directs, and manages the central procurement activities of the City under direction from the Deputy Finance Director;
-Develops, reviews, and approves new or improved administrative, purchasing, and clerical procedures to maintain economy and efficiency of operation;
-Approves bid proposals and specifications, composes Requests for Council Action, and presents recommendations on purchases requiring management or Council approval;
-Evaluates overall revisions, price and past performance of each contract and approves price increases;
-Maintains liaison with purchasing representatives of other public jurisdictions to join in cooperative buying when this will result in savings;
-Researches and evaluates commodity areas and makes recommendations for standardization and additions to Qualified Products List;
-Supervises and participates in the preparation of written financial and administrative reports;
-Creates responses to special correspondence and handles special assignments and problems such as responses to citizen inquiries and bid protests;
-Establishes priorities, assigns workloads and reviews the more difficult and complex assignments;
-Interprets contract provisions and reviews contracts for accuracy and changes prior to bid and renewal;
-Provides liaison between vendors, contractors, and City department officials;
-Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality

Skills

Knowledge of:

-Procurement methods and procedures of a large scale centralized purchasing function including buying, quality assurance, contract administration and contract law.
-Commodity markets and price trends.
-Various grades, qualities, and varieties of materials, supplies, and equipment.
-Office management principles, practices, and procedures.
-Laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and other requirements governing the purchase of commodities and services for the City.
-Accounting practices as applied to procurement procedures.