Managing Consultant, Procurement

About Specialty Program Group:

Our goal is to partner with industry-leading specialty businesses to provide them with the ability to achieve their goals and optimize their businesses. Specialty Program Group offers access to capital and investment, deep carrier relationships, creative thinking, product development and broad distribution, while allowing our businesses to maintain the essence of what makes them successful. Specialty Program Group delivers leading-edge specialty expertise backed by transformative digital capabilities and sophisticated data and analytics. 

About DRS:

DRS is a full-service consulting firm that delivers commercial insurance claim preparation, FEMA Public Assistance recovery, hazard mitigation assistance, disaster preparedness, and financial grant recovery funding services.  DRS was formed in 2014 and is led by a core group of professionals who have decades of experience in disaster recovery consulting and related services.

About the Position:

An ideal candidate for the Managing Consultant position in DRS’s Procurement Practice will have a strong background in public procurement policy, processes, and procedures. The candidate will focus on managing complex procurement projects utilizing federal, state, and local funds. The Managing Consultant will be responsible for supporting the Procurement Practice strategy in relation to the overall business strategy as directed by the Project Executive.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support clients with federal, state, and local grant procurement projects, with an emphasis on cost support and recovery

• Deliver exceptional public procurement consulting to state and local governments, K-12, higher-ed, and private non-profit clients

• Supervise multiple engagements and practice areas effectively

• Assist clients with the development of best-practice procurement and contracting policies, procedures, contract language, associated forms, and tools

• Develop solicitation scopes of work and other solicitation documents

• Support the client during the public bid/solicitation process for goods, services, equipment, professional services, and construction projects

• Provide onsite disaster procurement and contracting support as requested by the client

• Develop client strategies for the use of cooperative contracts, GPOs, and state contracts

• Train clients in effective grants management procurement processes and procedures, both virtually and at client sites

• Cultivate and manage positive relationships with client executives

• Lead projects, including the management of client and DRS personnel

• Ensure compliance with engagement risk protocols and manage budget utilization

• Participate in prospective client webinars and meetings

• Represent DRS at professional conferences such as NIGP, CAPPO, FAPPO, TASBO, etc.

• Develop continuous subject matter expertise in public procurement trends, initiatives, and compliance areas

• Engage in performance management activities, including goal-setting and feedback sessions

Qualifications:

• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in the public procurement sector with 3 years of management or leadership of the procurement function

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in business, public administration, supply chain management, or related discipline. Master’s degree in business or public administration is a plus

• Current procurement professional certification such as NIGP-CPP, CPPO,  or related certification is a plus

• Exceptional communication skills with complex/sophisticated situations involving executive and senior-level stakeholders

• High energy style, flexible and adaptive, with the ability to work well in a very fast-paced environment

• Ability to adapt to complex client environments and situations

• Proven track record of effectively planning for and proactively managing procurement processes

• Excellent written communication skills, self-directed with the preparation of client-ready document and presentation development

• Articulate, persuasive communicator who is adept at handling executive and difficult audiences well, including the ability to adapt style to audience

Work Location:

This position is a remote work experience with travel required to be at client sites as the projects dictate.

Salary Transparency:

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