Acquisition Support Manager

Company: Inside Higher Ed
Location: Atlanta
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Job Title: Acquisition Support Manager Location: Atlanta, Georgia Regular/Temporary: Regular Full/Part Time: Full-Time Job ID: 223579 About Us Georgia Tech's dining program will generate over $20M in annual revenue and over 4 million transactions in its first year. This will require dedicated oversight and support to be successful. Within the department of Tech Dining, the Acquisition Suport Manager will coordinate and manage purchasing activities and personnel for auxiliary-related purchasing operations, ensuring compliance with established Federal, State, and Institute policies. Job Summary Coordinate and manage purchasing activities and personnel for departmental purchasing operations ensuring compliance with established Federal, State, and Institute policies. Responsible for setting employee goals, assessing employee performance and providing feedback, and making pay recommendations. This position will interact on a regular basis with: faculty, staff, vendors, and external stakeholders. This position typically will advise and counsel: faculty, staff, vendors, and external stakeholders. This position will supervise: assigned unit staff.Responsibilities Job Duty 1 - Assist in development and tactical implementation of Tech's Dining purchasing strategy and individual project purchasing plans Job Duty 9 - Conduct data analysis of procurement trends, vendor spend, volume spend, and P-card spend Job Duty 10 - Perform other related duties as assigned Job Duty 2 - Support planning, execution, and monitoring of an acquisition program (cost, schedule, performance) Job Duty 3 - Assist in preparation of documents such as bid requirements, SOWs, sole source justification, and price reasonableness Job Duty 4 - Manage day-to-day activities of assigned departmental purchasing staff Job Duty 5 - Provide oversight and support for departmental activities to ensure compliance with established Federal, State, and Institute policies Job Duty 6 - Implement and monitor internal controls to ensure adequate funding is available and used in the procurement of materials, supplies, equipment, and other purchases Job Duty 7 - Serve as a liaison in maximizing process efficiencies with Auxiliary Services and various GT Procurement and OSP Job Duty 8 - Direct development of large-scale agency contracts between department, GT Procurement and various vendors; coordinate with appropriate department to ensure purchases are promptly and correctly entered into property system for inventory and tracking Responsibilities Other Responsibilites may include:

• Manage professional staff and related budgets as needed.
• Conduct data analysis of procurement trends, vendor spend and P-card spendRequired Qualifications Educational RequirementsBachelor's Degree in Operations, Accounting, Management or related field or equivalent combination of education and experienceRequired ExperienceFive to seven years of job related experiencePreferred Qualifications Additional Preferred QualificationsProject Management Skills (ideally with an acquisition program)Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities SKILLSThis job requires knowledge of State of GA/DOAS Purchasing, Regulations.Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities Additional Specilaized Knowledge and Experience:
  Experience working with culinary data in order to manage on an implementation and ongoing basis the data required to prepare and launch Tech Dining's inventory system. Working Knowledge of all Microsoft Platforms. Knowledge of USFA Specificatoins and Grades preferred. A valid Driver's license.

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