CAPPO 2020

Scott Munzenmaier
Purchasing Officer
City of La Mesa


Scott Munzenmaier is the Purchasing Officer for the City of La Mesa in San Diego County. He was temporarily assigned to the position nine years ago, just one month before the retirement of the previous Purchasing Officer of 27 years. Scott inherited some good programs but found that they often were set up from a purchasing point of view. Being new to purchasing he found that this was difficult to follow for both him and other departments, so he started flipping things around. He now focuses on providing purchasing information to departments to straight-forward and easy-to-use ways. He created a 12-page purchasing user guide to bring all relevant information together for employees. He also distributes a wallet-sized reference card with a QR code link to the same information and p-card use reminders for employees in the field. Scott has been a member of CAPPO since 2012 and served the San Diego Chapter as Vice-Chair in 2014 and Chair in 2015 and 2016. Scott currently serves as CAPPO Director South and has worked with the education committee to provide training opportunities through numerous webinars during the pandemic. Scott is a graduate of San Diego State University with a degree in Business Administration/Finance and a certificate from the UCSD Extension in Sustainable Business Practices.

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