Director, Fleet Facilities Procurement and Asset Management - Alberta Sheriffs Police Service

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Executive Director, Finance, Procurement and Facilities, the Director, Fleet, Facilities, Procurement and Asset Management provides enterprise wide leadership and governance over ASPS fleet operations, facilities management, procurement, contract administration, and organizational asset management. The role is accountable for establishing integrated frameworks that ensure fleet, facilities, goods, services, and contractual arrangements are planned, acquired, managed, and sustained in a transparent, compliant, cost effective, and operationally responsive manner. The Director plays a critical role in aligning asset and procurement strategies with policing operational requirements, financial stewardship expectations, and long term sustainability. The role will oversee the Manager, Procurement and the Manager, Fleet and Asset Management, and directs third party service providers as applicable.

Key Responsibilities include:

•    Provide strategic leadership and governance for ASPS fleet, facilities, procurement, contract management, and asset management functions. 
•    Establish integrated enterprise frameworks linking procurement, contracts, fleet lifecycle planning, and facilities operations. 
•    Lead the transition from shared Government of Alberta services to independent Crown corporation fleet, facilities, and procurement operations. 
•    Develop and oversee procurement and contract management strategies aligned with legislation, trade agreements, and Crown corporation governance requirements. 
•    Direct fleet strategy, lifecycle planning, deployment, and asset optimization to support 24/7 policing operations. 
•    Oversee facilities strategy, service delivery models, compliance, and long-term accommodation and capacity planning. 
•    Establish and manage strategic vendor, contractor, and service provider relationships, including performance and risk management. 
•    Ensure strong financial stewardship through oversight of operating and capital budgets, total cost of ownership analysis, and long-range asset planning.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

•    Systems Thinking: Understands fleet, facilities, procurement, and asset management as an integrated enterprise system, anticipating how decisions impact operational readiness, risk, financial stewardship, and long-term sustainability.
•    Drive for Results: Translates strategy into disciplined execution by establishing clear priorities, governance, and accountability to deliver timely, cost-effective, and defensible outcomes.
•    Develop Networks: Builds credible, strategic relationships with executive leadership, operational partners, vendors, and external stakeholders to influence outcomes and enable effective enterprise service delivery.
•    Agility: Adapts strategies, governance, and service models in a stand-up and transition environment, responding effectively to evolving operational, organizational, and legislative requirements.
•    Creative Problem Solving: Addresses complex, enterprise-wide issues across fleet, facilities, procurement, and asset management by developing practical, compliant solutions that balance operational policing needs, risk, and long term sustainability.
•    Build Collaborative Environments: Creates a collaborative and accountable environment across internal teams and external service providers to support aligned decision-making and integrated delivery across interdependent functions.
•    Develop Self & Others: Strengthens organizational capability by developing leaders and teams through clear expectations, coaching, and performance feedback, while modeling adaptability, accountability, and sound judgment in a Crown corporation context.

Qualifications

A bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Public Administration, Facilities Management, Fleet Management or other closely related fields, plus Seven (7) years of leadership experience in complex, multi-stakeholder environments, including oversight of enterprise functions such as procurement, facilities, fleet, asset management or comparable operational portfolios.

Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of:

•    one year of education for one year of experience.
•    one year of experience for one year of education.

Requirements:

•    Senior leadership experience in one or more operational support functions (procurement, facilities, fleet, asset, or inventory management).
•    Demonstrated accountability for budget development, capital planning, and financial stewardship in a complex organization.
•    Proven experience leading organizational transition or function establishment, including building or integrating enterprise processes, governance, and service delivery models.

Assets:

•    Experience supporting law enforcement, emergency services, or similarly operationally intensive environments.
•    Experience working in a large, complex public-sector or unionized organization (e.g., Crown agency, municipality, healthcare, postsecondary).
•    Demonstrated experience bringing structure, clarity, and discipline to organizations or functions undergoing significant change.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Notes

Please note there is one (1) permanent, full-time, in-person position available.

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:15am to 4:30pm, 36.25hours per week

•    Please note a cover letter explaining how you meet the requirements and assets of the role is required.
•    Final candidates will be required to undergo security screening.
•    Valid Class 5 Alberta Driver's License or equivalent is required
•    Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.

•    Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
•    Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits.
•    Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.
•    Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.
•    Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
•    Leadership and mentorship programs.