Apply for Job Job ID369364 LocationTwin Cities Job FamilyCampus Operations Full/Part TimeFull-Time Regular/TemporaryRegular Job Code9375OS Employee ClassAcad Prof and Admin Add to Favorite Jobs Email this Job About the Job DIRECTOR - U MARKET, PRINTING, AND GENERAL SERVICES Position Description The Director of U Market, Printing, and General Services is responsible for providing leadership and overall management of the departments of U Market Services, Printing Services, and Addressing and Mailing Services. These units successfully deliver procurement, materials management, logistics, print production, graphic design, print sales, copy services, and addressing and mailing services functions on the Twin Cities campus and, in some capacities, to all five system campuses. The Director is charged with providing leadership for business operations and day-to-day management, oversight, and direction of the department with an annual operating budget of $20 million and a team of approximately 70 FTE. The Director reports to the Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Services and serves as a member of the Auxiliary Services leadership team. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: Leads the overall strategic and operational activities for U Market, Printing, and General Services, including management, oversight, and direction of these operations. Drives innovation and transformational change to support achievement of service excellence, strategic outcomes, sales growth, and revenue optimization. Creates a culture of accountability and ownership, by establishing the vision, strategy and departmental goals. Builds and fosters a positive work environment, incorporating the university's commitment to equal opportunity and recruitment, retention, and promotion of a diverse workforce, empowering employees to use their full range of talents and abilities. Champions the University's sustainability goals and initiatives, including procurement- and logistics-related issues central to all five campus climate action plans. Provides leadership for the University's procurement efforts, including negotiation of major contracts. Serves as the subject matter expert for procurement, distribution, inventory, print, and mail related procedures and processes. Builds a strong working partnership with key university leaders, stakeholders, external partners, and vendors; represents the university on university-wide committees, initiatives, and in the community. Cultivates and nurtures an environment that values and promotes customer service and emphasizes a customer-centric approach in all day-to-day operations. Enhances employee engagement by driving and supporting the development of action plans to address issues. Promotes and sustains an employee-focused work environment. Provides leadership in improving processes that enhance collaboration and service delivery to meet current and future needs of the campus community, identifies and secures new business opportunities, partners, and customers. Ensures the overall performance (financial, service, productivity) of these units, including development and oversight of annual budgets, revenues, and expenditures. Provides short- and long-term strategic planning related to the development and delivery of initiatives, products, and solutions that support the University's three-part mission. Develops and implements programs, policies, and initiatives which contribute to an exceptional campus experience. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The position requires a significant physical campus presence. The Director works both in an office setting and in the field. Such field work may occur during various hours of the day, including evenings and weekends. Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution plus at least twelve years of experience; a masters or doctoral degree from an accredited institution is preferred. At least eight eight years of relevant experience in a large, publicuniversity or similarly complex and diverse public or private enterprise. Able to effectively navigate a large and complex public institution with the ability to form positive working relationships across the institution. Previous experience and a successful track record in senior management and leadership positions. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: Strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated record of establishing effective working relationships with diverse populations and functions, both internal and external to the organization. Demonstrated record of taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, passion, and the ability to effectively drive change. Ability to build and lead a high-performing management team. Demonstrated ability to work with multiple stakeholders to create a culture of service and continuous improvement. Possesses both the wisdom and the political savvy to determine which initiatives are important enough to champion and which ones to relinquish. Ability to make sense of and communicate complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. Ability to communicate effectively and articulately in both oral and written communication, while taking into account multiple perspectives and competing interests. Strong sense of curiosity and an appetite to remain current and explore new developments and practices in business-related matters. Ability to facilitate compromise to accomplish goals. Ability to develop professional skills of staff to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals. Ability to work cooperatively with faculty, academic administrators, and staff to develop new programs consistent with the needs of the institution. * Strong problem solving, analytical, and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize and be flexible in a rapidly changing environment. CHARACTERISTICS: Leads strategically; lives the organization's values of empowerment, stewardship, integrity, sustainability, inclusion, teamwork, and innovation; delivers results; models professionalism; works collaboratively; inspires commitment; embraces change; models a respectful leadership style QUALITIES: Committed, enthusiastic, intellectually curious, honest, inclusive, candid, objective. Pay and Benefits Pay Range: $120,000-150,000; depending on education/qualifications/experience Time Appointment Category: 75%-100% Appointment (If job description above does not specify appointment or expected weekly hours, assume a 100% appointment.) Position Type: Faculty and P&A Staff Please visit the Office of Human Resources website for more information regarding benefit eligibility. The University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes: Competitive wages, paid holidays, and generous time off Continuous learning opportunities through professional training and degree-seeking programs supported by the Regents Tuition Benefit Program Low-cost medical, dental, and pharmacy plans Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts University HSA contributions Disability... For full info follow application link. The University recognizes and values the importance of diversity and inclusion in enriching the employment experience of its employees and in supporting the academic mission. The University is committed to attracting and retaining employees with varying identities and backgrounds. The University of Minnesota provides equal access to and opportunity in its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. To learn more about diversity at the U: http://diversity.umn.edu.
