Purchasing Manager - City of Fort Worth, TX : Job Details

Pay Range: $85,611 - $111,295annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Friday, December 20, 2024

Workdays & Hours: Monday-Friday from 8:00 am -5:00 pm

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Purchasing Manager job is available with the City of Fort Worth Park & Recreation Department. We are looking for a proven team builder and problem solver to lead and manage its new central purchasing team charged with purchasing goods and services as efficiently and timely as possible, while applying and implementing applicable purchasing rules, policies and procedures.

The Purchasing Manager job responsibilities include:

* Lead the department's purchasing functions, including reviewing, prioritizing and delegating purchasing requests and activities; interpreting, implementing and enforcing purchasing rules and procedures; providing training and guidance on purchasing matters; evaluating and monitoring purchasing activities; etc.

* Serve as the department's primary liaison to internal staff and other city departments regarding purchasing matters, including the City Attorney's Office and Financial Management Services Department (Purchasing/Accounts Payable)

* Work with vendors regarding billing issues, credits, and invoices

* Develop workflow processes, procedures, job aids, etc.

* Serve as the secondary departmental bid representative

* Prepare and review purchasing memorandums and Mayor & Council Communications (M&Cs)

* Review expenditures and account balances to ensure transactions are accurate and appropriate

* Supervise and direct a team of five employees

* Participate in special projects and other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in business administration, public administration or a related field

* Five (5) years of increasing responsible experience in purchasing or contract administration

* Two (2) years of administrative and supervisory responsibility

* Two (2) years of experience in purchasing for public agencies.

Preferred Qualifications:

* General knowledge of State and municipal government purchasing laws, budgeting with experience reviewing departmental line item budget details, policies and procedures, particularly for the City of Fort Worth

* Experience preparing and reviewing bid specifications and other purchasing documents

* Experience using PeopleSoft Financials Purchasing module and Perceptive (or similar automated invoice management systems)

* Experience preparing training materials, job aids and process charts; facilitating training sessions and meetings

* Experience leading, managing and implementing programs, projects or initiatives, purchasing through cooperative and/or interlocal agreements

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.