Procurement Manager

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS REHABILITATION & REENTRY

Our mission is to enhance public safety across Arizona through modern, effective correctional practices and meaningful engagements.

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is committed to creating a safe, secure, and humane correctional system. With public safety top of mind, ADCRR and its more than 8,000 officers and professional staff are driven by a heart for public service and a commitment to deliver perfect effort each day. ADCRR is redefining itself as an agency whose daily work centers on transparency, accountability, and fairness.

Job Location: Procurement Services, 701 East Jefferson Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85034

Posting Details: Salary: $95,040.00 | Grade: 24 | Closing Date: 1/19/2026

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Do you have experience in supervising a team of state government procurement specialists? Are you a Certified Public Procurement Officer (CPPO), Certified Professional Public Buyer (CPPB), or Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM)? Join our amazing team of procurement professionals. This is the next step in your career. Apply now!

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking a team-oriented supervisor to fill the procurement manager position. This position ensures all agency internal procurement policies, forms, processes, programs, and procedures are standardized and adhere to compliance best practices and statutory requirements of the Arizona Procurement Code and other applicable statutes. Plans, reviews, recommends, and directs ADCRR’s contracts for commodities and services programs, implements all purchasing and contract negotiations, and procurement activities prior to contract awarding.

Is responsible for the quality and timeliness of purchasing activities. Completes data analysis, industry research/benchmarking, and performance metrics. Manages a team of professionals for completeness and accuracy. Develops administrative reporting. In addition, this role will be expected to contribute to all the strategic sourcing, compliance, and continuous process improvements.

• Administers through subordinate personnel departmental purchases in compliance with the Arizona State Procurement Code, Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS), and departmental rules and regulations
• Ensures workload balance for procurement staff
• Makes final review and recommendation of all procurement activities prior to contract award
• Confers with agency officials, staff, and representatives of other agencies regarding procurement and contract issues
• Provides technical support to all institutional business offices throughout Arizona
• Assists in interviewing and making hiring recommendations for procurement-related positions
• Plans and directs ADCRR’s contracts for commodities and services programs
• Implements all purchasing and contract negotiations for all institutional locations of the agency
• Conducts, coordinates, and directs pre-proposal conferences, proposal evaluation meetings, contract negotiation meetings, and post-award meetings
• Responsible for reviewing staff work/products for completeness and accuracy
• Approves and signs all procurement internal memorandum and award recommendations
• Handles all renewals, cancellations, extensions, re-negotiations, etc. for final approval by the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)
• Completes data analysis, industry research/benchmarking, and performance metrics
• Utilizes a wide variety of lean tools to lead teams and guide the strategic sourcing process (market assessment, recommendations, contract development, and implementation)
• Reads and studies bulletins, articles, and other literature
• Attends professional development events to gain current industry best practices
• Attends departmental and interagency meetings in the area of assignment
• May attend meetings in the absence of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) and/or Deputy Chief Procurement Officer such as protest hearings, CPO meetings, and administrator’s meetings
• Drives on State business
• Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment