Procurement Development Officer

Job Title:
Procurement Development Officer

Location:
Kennesaw, Georgia

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Full/Part Time:
Full-Time

Job ID:

About Us
Are you ready to transform lives through academic excellence, innovative research, strong community partnerships and economic opportunity? Kennesaw State University is one of the 50 largest public institutions in the country. With growing enrollment and global reach, we continue to expand our institutional influence and prominence beyond the state of Georgia. We offer more than 190 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees to empower our 47,000 students to become thought leaders, lifelong learners, and informed global citizens. Our entrepreneurial spirit, high-impact research, and Division I athletics draw students from throughout the region and from more than 100 countries across the globe. Our university's vibrant culture, career opportunities, rich benefits, and values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability make us an employer of choice. We are part of the University System of Georgia. We are searching for talented people to join Kennesaw State University in our vision. Come Take Flight at KSU

Location

(Primary Location for Job Responsibilities)
Our Kennesaw campus is located at 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144.

Our Marietta campus is located at 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060.

Job Summary
Leads the development and administration of procurement training for new hires or existing Procurement team members. Creates and manages solicitations as assigned to support the mission of the department. Participates in the planning and implementation of required business processes. Ensures compliance with relevant regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: -

• Develops, maintains, and organizes internal and external training program and instructional materials for Procurement, to include job aids, manuals, and videos
• Assists with all orientation, access, and initial training needs for new procurement staff
• Delivers skills, procedural, and non-procedural training sessions to ensure employees are well trained and completed training is documented
• Reviews university, State, and USG procurement changes and communicates to procurement team
• Documents system processes, functionality and recommends improvements as applicable
• Identifies training and development opportunities within the procurement team at the direction of procurement leadership
• Manages the Contract Assessment Report (CAR) process with end-users and suppliers to ensure that supply market trends, supplier performance and KSU business needs are aligned
• Assists in resolving billing discrepancies associated with open purchase orders to ensure prompt purchase order close out
• Coordinates the resolution of purchase order