Procurement Specialist

DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) • Headquarters, KY

1d • $56,031 - $92,451 • Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, this role is responsible for the timely acquisition of Agency goods and services using various solicitation methods. The Procurement Specialist administers purchase orders, agreements, delivery orders, and contracts with pricing and delivery provisions valued up to $250K. This position assists Contract Specialists, and in certain cases works independently, to make contract award recommendations, execute contracts and agreements, negotiate changes to contracts, and help resolve vendor/contractor disputes and protests.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration, Government Affairs or related field
• Three (3) years experience in direct procurement/contracting activities or related experience.
• Ability to be dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers. Gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services. Acts with customers in mind. Establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Ability to make good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment.
• Ability to pick up on technical things quickly. Can learn new skills and knowledge. Is effective at learning new industry, company, product, or technical knowledge. Does well in technical courses and seminars.
• Ability to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles. Can get messages across that have the desired effect.
• Ability to find common ground and solve problems for the good of all. Can represent his/her own interests and yet be fair to other groups. Can solve problems with peers with a minimum of noise. Is seen as a team player and is cooperative. Encourages collaboration. Can be candid with peers.
• Ability to use rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions. Can see hidden problems. Is excellent at honest analysis. Looks beyond the obvious and does not stop at the first answers.

Responsibilities

• Assists professional staff or in certain instances prepares a variety of formal and informal requests for quote, requests for proposal, invitations for bid, and reviews specifications and scopes of work for materials, equipment, supplies and services; confers with the requesting department to ensure that correct information is included.
• Interacts with user departments, consultants and suppliers to ensure quality and on-time deliveries of materials, supplies, equipment or services.
• Ensures that procurement actions and Solicitations are in accordance with DARTs Procurement Regulations, Procedures Manual, and other requirements of Federal, State, and local laws.
• Conducts pre-bid/pre-proposal conferences with suppliers.
• Conducts bid openings, reviews and evaluates bids and/or offers in coordination with departmental technical representatives.
• Obtains comparative data regarding price, quality, quantity and availability of materials, supplies, equipment and services.
• Processes correspondence reports and forms from drafts, notes or brief instructions and inputs information into DARTs Lawson purchasing system.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level