
Procurement Operations and Policy Manager
Lemont, ILFull-time$107–166K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Procurement Operations and Policy Manager leads a team responsible for procurement forms, documents, templates, and tools supporting compliant acquisition of goods and services. The manager sets strategic direction for training, streamlines processes and documentation, and oversees operational risk, contract management training, contract closeouts, and small business program requirements. The role also leads and develops staff, with 2–4 direct reports.
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Full job description
Lemont, IL USA
Full time
423537
The Procurement Operations and Policy Manager provides leadership to a team of specialists responsible for developing, maintaining, and delivering procurement forms, documents, templates, and related tools that support the timely, efficient, and compliant acquisition of standard and complex goods and services for Argonne National Laboratory.
The Procurement Operations and Policy Manager will establish strategic direction for the department’s training and evaluate and streamline processes and documentation to improve efficiency and consistency and can expect to:
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Ensure activities are executed in accordance with applicable legal, regulatory, Prime Contract, and Laboratory policy requirements.
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Provide feedback on proposals, analyzes operational risk within the department, trains Tech Reps on roles and responsibilities for proper contract management and oversees contract closeouts and small business program requirements.
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Lead, coach, develop and evaluate staff performance, fostering employee engagement and accountability, and supporting talent development through regular feedback, mentoring, and performance management for 2-4 direct reports.
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Leaders at Argonne are expected to demonstrate a high level of competency, including strategic agility, team building, clear communication, trust-building, and accountability.
Position Requirements
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US Citizenship: To perform the essential functions of this position successful applicants must provide proof of U.S. citizenship, which is required to comply with federal regulations and contract.
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Demonstrated experience in all areas of procurement including, but not limited to, price/cost analysis, negotiating, authorizing, administering, and terminating contracts.
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Experience identifying and articulating problems, analyzing complex information, and solving problems with attention to detail, including evaluating processes and simplifying workflows.
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Experience evaluating business processes, identifying inefficiencies or control gaps, and implementing process improvements that enhance consistency, compliance, and customer service.
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Prior management experience of a minimum of 2-4 direct reports.
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Demonstrated ability to lead process standardization, documentation improvements, and change management efforts across procurement operations.
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Ability to read and interpret relevant rules, regulations, and established procurement procedures through the Laboratory prime contract and with U.S. Government and Government contractor organizations.
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Demonstrated effective interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills to communicate information to internal and external audiences, customer groups, and all levels of Laboratory management.
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Demonstrated experience working effectively in a customer-focused service environment, with proven ability to be highly collaborative, responsive, meet deadlines, and prioritize projects and issues.
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Knowledge and experience to make effective, self-determining judgments concerning regulations and business protocol and practices, as well as determining gaps in knowledge and coordinating or facilitating training for others.
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Ability to model Argonne’s Core Values: Impact, Safety, Respect, Integrity, and Teamwork.
Job Family
Professional Administrative (PA)
Job Profile
Procurement Leader 1
Worker Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time
The expected hiring range for this position is $106,500.00 - $166,140.00.
Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as, but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, business considerations, internal equity, and external market pay for comparable jobs. Additionally, comprehensive benefits are part of the total rewards package.
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As an equal employment opportunity employer, and in accordance with our core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity and teamwork, Argonne National Laboratory is committed to a safe and welcoming workplace that fosters collaborative scientific discovery and innovation. Argonne encourages everyone to apply for employment. Argonne is committed to nondiscrimination and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.
Argonne employees, and certain guest researchers and contractors, are subject to particular restrictions related to participation in Foreign Government Sponsored or Affiliated Activities, as defined and detailed in United States Department of Energy Order 486.1A. You will be asked to disclose any such participation in the application phase for review by Argonne's Legal Department.
All Argonne offers of employment are contingent upon a background check that includes an assessment of criminal conviction history conducted on an individualized and case-by-case basis. Please be advised that Argonne positions require upon hire (or may require in the future) for the individual be to obtain a government access authorization that involves additional background check requirements. Failure to obtain or maintain such government access authorization could result in the withdrawal of a job offer or future termination of employment.
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,106 open Procurement Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$107–166K/yr
- Illinois median$102–169K/yr25 salary ranges
- US median$111–187K/yr687 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $136K, is 11% below the Illinois median midpoint ($153K) — in the middle half of Procurement Manager salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 27 open Procurement Manager jobs in Illinois and 1,106 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Amazon4 open
- United Airlines3 open
- Oracle2 open
- Experience
- Procurement Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 8 years (961 postings).
- Education
- 555 of the 1,106 open Procurement Manager jobs (50%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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