Director of Procurement, Capital Projects
Job Description
Job Description
The Director of Procurement, Capital Projects, will manage purchasing operations, including staff, vendor contracts, and compliance with NYS and NYC regulations, high-dollar OTPS budgets/spend. The candidate will lead procurement via CUNY First/PeopleSoft/PMWEB, execute RFPs/RFBs, and ensure MWBE compliance. The Director of Procurement will manage a procurement team. The Director of Procurement will report to the Executive Director of Finance and Administration and will work with different departments when procurement issues arise.
Core Responsibilities
- Purchasing Operations: Manages purchasing staff, ensures proper generation of purchase orders, and oversees the procurement of goods and services
- Compliance & Contracting: Ensures all purchases follow CUNY, NYC, and NYS regulations. Drafts, negotiates, and manages complex contracts and vendor relationships
- System Management: Implement e-procurement tools
- Stakeholder Management: Liaises with college departments, the General Counsel and government agencies
- MWBE/SDVOB Goals: Ensures compliance with MWBE Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business goals
- Other duties as assigned
Key Focus Areas
- Procurement: Directs daily procurement operations, including competitive bidding RFBs, Request for Proposals RFPs, purchase and change orders, agency-wide contracts
- Compliance and Regulation: Ensures all contracts and procurement actions strictly adhere to City Charter, Procurement Policy Board rules, and oversight agency regulations
- Strategic Sourcing: Develops and implements purchasing strategies to achieve cost efficiencies and optimize pricing for goods and services
- Vendor Management: Negotiates prices and terms with vendors, contractors, and suppliers
- Reports: Provides, analyzes, and reports on procurement metrics
- Technology & Reporting: Utilizes NYC City-specific applications such as FMS and PASSPort to analyze spending, manage contracts, and report to senior leadership
- Team Leadership: Manages, coaches, and trains procurement personnel to ensure efficient procurement processing and adherence to vendor performance standards
- Budget Oversight: Manages substantial Operating and Tax Levy budgets
- Operations: Oversees Mailroom, Receiving, and Printshop areas
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or related field.
- Approximately eight years of relevant procurement experience, with at least 5 years in NYS/NYC public purchasing rules preferred and or in Higher Education
- Proficiency in ERP systems (CUNY First/Workday/SFS/PeopleSoft/FMS), along with strong leadership, communication, teamwork, and negotiation skills
- Detail oriented and accurate with strong quantitative, financial, and critical analysis skills plus evaluation and research skills
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, plus negotiation and presentation skills
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to establish plans, manage a large workload, multiple assignments, conflicting priorities and meet deadlines in a time-sensitive office
Core Competencies
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Ability to work on multiple design and construction projects at one time
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to multitask
- Ability to work under pressure and to meet multiple deadlines
- Ability to prioritize competing work
- Self and team motivator
- Ability to be a team player
- Ability to set project priorities and adjust implementation strategies
- Ability to work effectively with staff, associates, and internal and external constituents
- Knowledgeable of capital and operating budgets
- Alert and observant, and looking for ways to improve processes
- Out-of-the-box thinker, creative, inventive, and adaptable to situations
Pay Range:
$130,000 - $145,000
Company DescriptionThe Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
Company Description
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.