Procurement Officer II

Introduction

Spring Grove Hospital  Center is the largest psychiatric hospital operated by the State of Maryland, with 377 beds. We are located in Catonsville, previously named by Money Magazine as one of the best places to live! Convenient to DC. Baltimore and BWI airport, our 180-acre wooded campus feels more like a college setting. Our mission is to provide quality mental health services to patients from across the State.

We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive health benefits package, 11 paid holidays and 6 personal days annually, pension and retirement savings plans, training opportunities, free onsite parking and much more! Join our team and be a part of the change!

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MDH Spring Grove Hospital Center Catonsville, MD 21228

This position primarily assists the CFO with all procurement transactions carried out during the daily operations and in the implementation of various commodity, equipment, solicitations, and contracts within the delegated authority at this facility and as indicated in the Maryland procurement manual, State Procurement Regulations and COMAR through the guidance from MDH-OCMP and other Control agencies. This position also carries out the processing, accomplishments and implementation of contracts and IA-agreement actions that exceeded the procurement delegated authority at this facility.

This position also assigns, reviews and approves the work of and trains lower-level Procurement employees in the Finance Department at this facility.

Experience:

Seven years of experience, three years of experience in contract management or procurement involving duties such as: soliciting, evaluating, negotiating and awarding contracts and ensuring compliance with governmental procurement laws, regulations and conditions and an additional four years of professional contract management experience or professional procurement experience.

• Candidates may substitute certification as a Certified Public Manager from the National Association of Purchasing Management;
  Certified Professional Contracts Manager from the National Contract Management Association;
  Certified Public Purchasing Officer or Certified Professional Public Buyer from the Universal Public Purchasing Certification Council (National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc. or National Association of State Purchasing Officers) for the additional four years of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and three years of experience of experience in contract management or procurement involving duties such as: soliciting, evaluating, negotiating and awarding contracts and ensuring compliance with governmental procurement laws, regulations and conditions for the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute additional graduate education at an accredited college or university, at the rate of thirty credit hours for each year for five years of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Contracting, Industrial Management or logistics specialist classifications or administrative support specialty codes in the procurement or financial management fields of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

• Experience with FMIS/ADPICS and eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA).
• Experience in Microsoft Excel, e.g. creating formulas and conditional formatting.

• Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.
• Employees in this classification who have not already done so must obtain and possess certification as a Procurement Professional Certification from the Maryland Department of General Services within one year of appointment.

Applicants who meet the minimum (and selective) qualifications will be included in further…