Senior Director of General Services & Supply Chain Optimization

City of New York•New York, NY

About The Position

The Senior Director of General Services & Supply Chain Optimization (GSD/SCO) will manage and strategically plan all verticals within the General Services Department, including Building Services, Fleet, Imaging, Printing, and Mail Operations. In addition to leading these operational areas, the Senior Director will collaborate across the broader Supply Chain Management division to provide guidance and insight into policies and cross functional initiatives.

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience in purchasing and or inspecting supplies, materials, products and services such as: paints, linoleum, hose, sand, brick, wire, shades hardware and tools, plumbing, electrical machine shop, building and cleaning supplies; furnishings and furniture, lumber and wood related products, metals, equipment, foods, drugs and chemicals, fuel, textiles, printing, stationery, automotive equipment and/or repairs, transportation services and other comparable items and/or services; at least eighteen months of which must have been in a supervisory, administrative or managerial capacity.
An associate degree from an accredited college, plus six years of satisfactory fulltime experience as described in "1" above, at least eighteen months of which must have been in a supervisory, administrative or managerial capacity.
A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience as described "1" above, at least eighteen months of which must have been in a supervisory, administrative or managerial capacity.
A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2" or "3" above.
Undergraduate college credit may be substituted for experience on the basis of 45 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of experience.
All candidates must have a high school diploma or its educational equivalent and at least three years of satisfactory full-time experience as describe in "1" above, at least eighteen months of which must have been in a supervisory, administrative or managerial capacity.
For NYCHA employees: employees applying for transfer, promotional, title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).
Qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program.

Responsibilities

Oversee Building Services to ensure optimization in daily operations including space planning initiatives.
Direct Fleet initiatives including fleet count, use of analytics and reporting, enhance use of resource and day-to-day operations.
Plan, administer and coordinate the operations Imaging & Printing including process enhancements to reduce backlogs in each unit.
Oversee critical infrastructure and GSD contracts to codify best practices in maintenance, repairs, and contract usage.
Serve as a direct liaison between operational units and central office.
Develop and manage long-term purchasing strategy for all keys spend categories.
Develop strategy for leveraging suppliers on common goods or services for cost, service, and performance enhancements.
Act as a management leader to mature supply chain model across all Supply Chain Management Verticals.
Collaborate with Procurement to strategically align contracts.
Develop and implement departmental policies and procedures that maintain strict accountability, while ensuring timely and high-quality service to customers.
Understand overall supply chain constraints and coordinate activities to ensure all resources are exercised.
Ensure vendors have solid business interruption plan in place, update and fully understand the vendor supply risks, and proactively manage them to ensure continuous supply.
Set, manage, and deliver the targeted savings approach.
Advise senior management on all cross functional supply chain strategies.
Develop, empower, and recruit talent and provide mentoring and coaching for team members.
Identify opportunities for greater system integration and systems efficiency to support operational and performance management, and drive automation of manual processes.