What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Manager position at Harris County?
Position Description
About the Tax Assessor-Collector
The Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector’s Office is essential for ensuring the proper administration of tax laws and providing vital services to the community. The office plays a key role in local government, handling various financial and administrative tasks including:
Property Tax Collection: Assess and collect property taxes for all eligible commercial and residential property owners and entities. Calculate property taxes based on appraised values and ensure collection and distribution to the appropriate entities.
Motor Vehicle Services: Manage commercial and residential vehicle registration, issue license plates, and handle vehicle title transfers, including the collection of associated fees.
Voter Registration: Oversee voter registration within the county, issue voter registration certificates, and maintain an accurate voter registration roll.
Additional Revenue Collection: Collecting certain fees, fines, and revenues related to permits or state mandates, depending on the county’s needs.
What We Are Looking For
The Procurement Manager plays a pivotal role in overseeing and optimizing the organization's procurement operations. This position reports to the Finance Director and is responsible for leading a team, ensuring compliance with county regulations, managing vendors, and delivering data-driven insights to support continuous improvement.
The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills, with a deep understanding of procurement best practices, supply chain management, and team leadership.
Duties And Responsibilities
https://hrrm.harriscountytx.gov/Pages/EqualEmploymentOpportunityPlan.aspx
If you need special services or accommodations, please call (713) 274-5445 or email ADACoordinator@bmd.hctx.net .
This position is subject to a criminal history check. Only relevant convictions will be considered and, even when considered, may not automatically disqualify the candidate.
Requirements
Education:
Preferences
Working Hours:
This Position will be Open Until Filled with Applications Reviewed on a Rolling Basis.
Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.
About the Tax Assessor-Collector
The Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector’s Office is essential for ensuring the proper administration of tax laws and providing vital services to the community. The office plays a key role in local government, handling various financial and administrative tasks including:
Property Tax Collection: Assess and collect property taxes for all eligible commercial and residential property owners and entities. Calculate property taxes based on appraised values and ensure collection and distribution to the appropriate entities.
Motor Vehicle Services: Manage commercial and residential vehicle registration, issue license plates, and handle vehicle title transfers, including the collection of associated fees.
Voter Registration: Oversee voter registration within the county, issue voter registration certificates, and maintain an accurate voter registration roll.
Additional Revenue Collection: Collecting certain fees, fines, and revenues related to permits or state mandates, depending on the county’s needs.
What We Are Looking For
The Procurement Manager plays a pivotal role in overseeing and optimizing the organization's procurement operations. This position reports to the Finance Director and is responsible for leading a team, ensuring compliance with county regulations, managing vendors, and delivering data-driven insights to support continuous improvement.
The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills, with a deep understanding of procurement best practices, supply chain management, and team leadership.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Oversee and optimize end-to-end procurement operations in partnership with County Purchasing and organizational leadership, ensuring timely processing and alignment with budget forecasts, strategic priorities, and county, state, and federal regulations.
- Foster a collaborative, accountable team culture to support departmental and organizational goals while partnering closely with the office’s internal Compliance division and with multiple entities within the County, including the Purchasing and Legal Departments.
- Manage organization-wide purchasing needs, including office supplies, travel arrangements, reimbursements, and P-Card transactions.
- Manages a portfolio of vendor contracts and purchase orders, the development, execution, and administration of vendor contracts, ensuring proper contract utilization and minimizing inefficiencies while also developing and managing a comprehensive internal contract tracking and monitoring system
- Communicate procurement findings to stakeholders through reports, presentations, and debriefings, and develop enhanced weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports that deliver actionable insights and recommendations.
- Monitor, track and improve procurement performance measures, optimize the purchase order lifecycle to ensure timely processing and documentation, and coordinate inventory management across departments to maintain operational continuity.
- Analyze purchasing data and conduct market research to identify cost-saving opportunities, strengthen vendor performance, and support strategic sourcing decisions.
- Lead your team in coordinating inventory management across departments, ensuring accurate forecasting, optimal stock levels, timely replenishment, and uninterrupted operations.5% - Ensure audit readiness and contract compliance, maintaining accurate documentation, and support internal and external audit processes.
- Serve as the subject matter expert on procurement policies, procedures, and issue resolution across the organization.
- Recommend, design, and implement process improvements in contract management and procurement processes, procedures and workflows, improving accuracy and enhancing efficiency, transparency, and accountability.
https://hrrm.harriscountytx.gov/Pages/EqualEmploymentOpportunityPlan.aspx
If you need special services or accommodations, please call (713) 274-5445 or email ADACoordinator@bmd.hctx.net .
This position is subject to a criminal history check. Only relevant convictions will be considered and, even when considered, may not automatically disqualify the candidate.
Requirements
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a closely related field from an accredited college or university
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in procurement, supply chain management or logistics
- Experience in a supervisory or leadership role
- Solid understanding of procurement best practices and tools, supply chain management, and inventory control.
- Strong understanding of public sector budgeting, forecasting, supply chain strategy and procurement processes
- Proficient in contractual structures, tools, terminology, and negotiating practices.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving and organizational abilities.
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks with competing deadlines.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
Preferences
- Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university (preferred)
Working Hours:
- Work Schedule: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Monday - Friday
- Working Conditions, Mental & Physical Demands
- Typically, an office environment with adequate lighting and ventilation, and a normal range of temperature and noise level.
- Sedentary role with medium physical effort required, however, it may at times involve long periods of standing, walking, bending, reaching, stretching, climbing, lifting to 50 lbs. or similar activities (e.g., filing, delivering, sorting).
- A frequent volume of work and deadlines impose strain on a routine basis.
- Regular application of basic skills (calculator, keyboard, hand tools, eye/hand coordination).
- 1001 Preston St. Houston, TX 77002
This Position will be Open Until Filled with Applications Reviewed on a Rolling Basis.
Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.