The City is pleased to announce the hiring of David Malone as the Director of the Procurement and Supply Management Department. Mr. Malone began his service with the city Monday morning and comes to St. Pete from King County, Washington, where he previously served as Chief Procurement Officer.

Mr. Malone has significant public and private sector experience in the procurement process. He formerly worked in similar positions at the City of Chicago and the Washington Sanitary Sewer Commission. 

Mr. Malone will direct the City’s procurement operations, which includes sourcing of goods and services, contract compliance and the consolidated warehouse.  Additionally, Mr. Malone will contribute significantly to the implementation of the Disparity Study recommendations to ensure equitable utilization of contractors for all city procurement opportunities.

“We are excited Mr. Malone has joined us and for his leadership advancing our principals for accountable and responsive government,” said St. Petersburg Mayor Kenneth T. Welch. “Mr. Malone’s experience improving supply chain efficiencies as well as increasing minority and women-owned business enterprises utilization will be key to improving our processes.  His experience aligns perfectly with our administration’s commitment to data driven decision-making and innovation and we are thrilled to have him on board to further that mission.” 

Accomplishments include:

• Negotiated Chicago Street Furniture contract yielding more than 3,000 free bus shelters, including perpetual maintenance and a fixed revenue share of $30 million annually of advertising revenues. 
• With Washington Sanitary Sewer Commission, built organization structure and hired all senior staff members for Procurement organization, which supports $1.4 billion capital improvement plan and 47 Departments. Served as Chairman of the Supply Chain Management Steering Committee. Implemented strategic sourcing, procurement forecasting, and supplier scorecards.  
• In King County, Washington, developed requirements and led implementation of enterprise-wide Procure-to-Pay system, including serving as Chair of the P2P Executive Steering Committee.  
• With Washington Sanitary Sewer Commission, implemented Strategic Sourcing across enterprise with successful completion of three sourcing waves generating more than $70 million in savings 
• An acknowledged change agent, David led a Supply Chain Transformation Initiative focused on the introduction of strategic sourcing, P2P technology implementation and Procurement process improvements, while delivering more than $80 million in validated savings. 
• Named 2010 Outstanding Procurement Professional of the Year, Minority Enterprise Development Council & Minority Business Development Agency.