Pittsburgh Regional Transit is seeking a Manager of Procurement to manage Port Authority of Allegheny County d/b/a Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT)’s procurement of all commodities and services. This position will have a focus in any one of multiple departmental teams, including but not limited to administrative and operations, engineering and construction, or technology procurements. To include the implementation and management of activities associated with the full realm of contract administration; to review regulations and develop related policies and procedures. This is a position of trust, accountability, and integrity
Essential Functions:
- Manage and supervise procurement and contract administration activities with staff responsible for procuring and establish annual contracts of goods and services related to specific departmental needs. Monitor and track all established key performance indicators (KPIs) for each specialist to monitor workload and assure even distribution of engagement and support.
- Actively engage each stakeholder in the successful procurement by supporting the specialist in advertising solicitation in an open, competitive, fair and transparent Marketplace. Review major solicitations and contracts to ensure compliance and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Monitor each specialist workload, provide coaching, training, goal setting and job performance activities to assure the success of each specialist; to include recommendation for merit increases, training, retraining, discipline or up to termination surrounding employee performance.
