Job Description

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) keeps New York City healthy, safe, and clean by collecting, recycling, and disposing of waste, cleaning City streets and vacant lots, and clearing snow and ice. DSNY is the nation's largest municipal sanitation agency, with nearly 10,000 employees, 59 district garages, and a fleet of more than 5,000 trucks, cars, and other types of equipment. The Department clears litter, snow, and ice from approximately 6,500 miles of City streets and removes debris from vacant lots as well as abandoned vehicles from City streets.

Under direction, with wide latitude for independent judgment and decision-making, the Agency Chief Contracting Officer (ACCO) engages in detailed and complex procurement and contracting issues having significant financial duties, including the following:

• Manage the timely and efficient award and processing of formal contracts and small purchases in the agency to the most responsive and responsible contractors at the best price.

• Manage the solicitation process that promotes competition and fairness through the development of bidder lists and encourages the participation of small, women, and minority-owned businesses.

• Review and recommendation of all contracting decisions for the Department, which includes contractor responsiveness and responsibility determinations, dispute resolutions, and policy decisions related to procurement. Act as a liaison with management within the agency, other agencies, and oversight groups to advance the agency’s program goals.

• Develop procurement procedures that will streamline the procurement process. Direct the training of all agency procurement personnel on procurement procedures, rules, and regulations.

• Advise Department employees on the most efficient methods of procurement and specifications development to minimize cycle times, and operating costs and to ensure continuity of departmental operations.

• Direct agency compliance with all Federal, State, and Local Laws, rules, regulations, and initiatives regarding procurement, to avoid unnecessary administrative costs. Direct the timely performance of audits of contracts and purchasing procedures to ensure optimal efficiency and compliance.

• Manage, oversee, and direct the ACCO’s office staff.

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and four years of full-time, satisfactory, professional experience in purchasing, procurement, contract administration or related field, at least eighteen months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or supervising professional personnel performing duties in one or more of the above fields; or

2. Education and/or experience equivalent to that described in "1" above. However, all candidates must have the eighteen months of supervisory, administrative, managerial or executive experience as described in "1" above.

SPECIAL NOTE:

Possession of the Certified Public Purchasing Officer (CPPO) certificate issued by the National Institute of Government Purchasing may be substituted for up to one year of the required experience described in "1" above. However, all candidates must have the eighteen months of supervisory, administrative, managerial or executive experience as described in "1" above.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.