Sr. Director Strategic Sourcing
Current Audit and develop recommendation for the SBE Inclusion and procurement contracts for Metropolitan Sewer District Oversee day-to-day operations of staff and management of procurement contractor for Cincinnati Public School Facilities Master Plan of 1.2 Billion infrastructure development Review statements of work to ensure they adequately describe requirements Negotiate with vendors to acquire products or services or to address technical requirements, cost/pricing, or other terms and conditions Responsible for monitoring and tracking of all contracting including:- Ensuring specifications and statements of work are prepared in a manner which adequately describes the government's requirements without restricting competition.- Advised technical personnel as to inadequate, ambiguous, or vague specifications to avoid government liability.- Performed review of recommended sole-source requirements and conducts necessary market analysis to test the noncompetitive assumptions of requisitions. Conduct public bid openings, reviews bids, and determines responsiveness and responsibility of low bidder in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements Research, interpret and analyze precedent decisions, apply laws, regulations, policies, standards, procedures to address acquisition issues.Resolve protests, mistakes in bids, late bid situations and coordinates with Cincinnati Public Schools for State of Ohio, City of Cincinnati, and Hamilton County Identify appropriate negotiation team members; formulates pre- negotiation objectives and facilitates the negotiation as the chief negotiator.