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Director, Procurement and Warehousing, Business and Financial Services

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Job Posting Title:
Director, Procurement and Warehousing, Business and Financial Services
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Hiring Department:
Business and Financial Services
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Position Open To:
All Applicants
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Weekly Scheduled Hours:
40
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FLSA Status:
Exempt
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Earliest Start Date:
Jan 05, 2026
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Position Duration:
Expected to Continue
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Location:
UT MAIN CAMPUS
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Job Details:
General Notes
Business and Financial Services (BFS) provides financial resource management in support of its clients. BFS delivers services in the fields of accounting, budgeting, financial reporting, contract management, warehousing, and procurement. Procurement and Warehousing is a branch of BFS that provides warehousing and procurement services for over 1,400 employees in supported units. For more information on BFS, please visit .

Your skills will make a difference.
You’ll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for our academic programs and research. Your work will contribute to operational excellence and enhance the student experience. If you’re the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you’ll like working in our department and for UT Austin. UT Austin provides an outstanding benefits package including but not limited to:
  • Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
  • Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
  • Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
  • Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with employer matching funds
  • Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
  • Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
  • Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities
  • Tuition assistance
  • Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets
  • Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums with staff ID card
  • Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Austin CapMetro buses with staff ID card
Purpose
The Director of Procurement and Warehousing in BFS is responsible for the strategy and delivery of procurement and warehousing support to numerous campus departments. The BFS Procurement team provides purchasing services for customer units and the Warehousing Team operates two central hub warehouses and more than 20 satellite locations.
Responsibilities
  • Provide strategic and operational oversight to both the BFS Procurement and Warehousing Teams. Ensure timely and professional procurement, material distribution, and material storage, in support of customer operational missions.
  • Provide effective staff management through timely recruitment, selection, orientation, training, motivation, coaching, evaluation, and redirection. Promote professional development of staff.
  • Measure and evaluate performance of division. Develop and maintain electronic applications, databases, queries and financial reports to facilitate and record the purchasing, maintenance, and issuance or delivery of material supplies.
  • Serve as purchasing representative on behalf of BFS customer departments in collaboration with centralized university departments. Liaise with Central Procurement and the Business Contracts Office to ensure customer procurement needs are met.
  • Oversee bid solicitation and evaluation, preparation of purchase requisitions and orders, management of regular cycle counting activities, and departmental records maintenance and retention. Oversee the receipt, storage, security, and issuance of materials. Final approve purchasing transactions and management of two million dollars in physical inventory.
  • Advise leadership within BFS customer units on warehousing and procurement practices, policies, and issues. Ensure stakeholders are well informed of all significant activities impacting the division and of significant planned activities well in advance of execution. Oversee consistent application of university policies and procedures on procurement matters. Advise leadership and management staff on changes to procurement policies/procedures.
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree in business or related field
  • A combination of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in procurement, sourcing, distribution management, storage, issuance of, and/or accounting for property and material in a central distribution/purchasing organization.
  • Five (5) years supervising a staff of four (4) or more employees in a procurement function or an equivalent area of complexity.
  • Experience managing an inventory containing thousands of unique items. Contract creation, negotiation, and administration experience.
  • Experience gathering, understanding, and communicating complex specifications.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in gathering, analyzing, and presenting data using personal computer and related software including Microsoft products Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Masters degree and specialized courses in inventory control, supply chain management, distribution management, warehousing, and/or procurement.
  • More than seven (7) years of the above-mentioned experience.
  • More than five (5) years of supervisory experience.
  • Knowledge of University purchasing, inventory procedures and sources/suppliers for items used by Facilities Services.
  • More than two (2) years of experience with UT DEFINE system or other University mainframe applications.
  • Experience implementing or working with an e-commerce procurement system.
  • Experience managing and administering large service contracts.
  • Familiarity with materials specific to a Facilities Services operation.
  • Ability to analyze, interpret and communicate University policies and procedures. Plans, initiates and completes assignments with minimum direction.
  • Excellent oral and written communication, planning, problem-solving, organizational, project management and customer service skills.
  • Ability to influence and build work relationships among a varied workforce at all levels.
Driving Required
This job requires a class "C" operator's driver's license. The applicant selected must provide a current three year driving record from the current state of residence. If not currently a Texas resident, a Texas driver's license must be obtained within 30 days of becoming a Texas resident. Employees who are required to have a CDL are subject to drug and alcohol testing (pre-employment, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, random, return-to-duty, and follow-up drug and alcohol testing).
Salary Range
$150,000 + depending on qualifications
Working Conditions
  • Work is in both office and warehouse environments.
  • May be exposed to various temperatures, heavy machinery, and chemicals in warehouse.
Required Materials
  • Resume/CV
  • 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
  • Letter of interest
Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.
Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.
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Employment Eligibility:
Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.
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Retirement Plan Eligibility:
The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.
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Background Checks:
A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.
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Equal Opportunity Employer:
The University of Texas at Austin, as an
equal opportunity/affirmative action employer
, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
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Pay Transparency:
The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
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Employment Eligibility Verification:
If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original
documents
to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.
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E-Verify:
The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:
  • E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish)
    [PDF]
  • Right to Work Poster (English)
    [PDF]
  • Right to Work Poster (Spanish)
    [PDF]
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Compliance:
Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in
HOP-3031
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The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may
access the most recent report here
or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.

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