Purchasing Agent/Buyer

City of Loveland • Loveland, CO

376d • $34 - $43 • Hybrid

About The Position

Our Purchasing Agent / Buyer is responsible for creating, posting, evaluating, and awarding bids for materials, services, and capital construction projects for the Utilities and Utilities Warehouse. They manage contracts and evaluate vendor performance and inventory procurement to ensure availability when needed, researching and recommending materials and competitive procurement processes for general city department use. The salary range for this position is $34.20 - $43.47 per hour with a hiring range of $34.20 - $37.83 per hour, depending on qualifications and experience. This opportunity will be available to applicants until the position is filled, with a first reading of resumes on January 2, 2025. A current resume is required, and a cover letter is preferred. Join a great team at the City of Loveland's Power Department! Please view our video Working at Loveland to learn more about our exceptional Loveland community and the benefits of working for the City.

Requirements

• 4 Year / Bachelor's Degree in Business, finance, construction management or related field.
• 5 years of recent purchasing experience in commodity buying required.

Nice To Haves

• 2 years of materials management or purchasing for a utility.
• Certified Professional Public Buyer (CPPB) is preferred. If not certified at the time of hire, must actively pursue certification and should be attained within six (6) years.

Responsibilities

• Maintain awareness of market trends effecting pricing, availability and quality.
• Execute and administer the procurement process for a variety of services, materials, and capital project work in accordance with City Code, Purchasing Policies and Procedures, and Federal procurement requirements.
• Identify potential vendors, market stability, and product availability for specific goods and services and conducts meetings with vendors.
• Coordinate competitive bidding processes; develop invitations to bid; provide public notifications by posting bid documents on a web-based solicitation system, participate in bid openings; monitors evaluations of bids; coordinate acceptance and award of bids.
• Implement techniques for identifying best value procurements using best practices, analytical tools and market trends that impacts pricing, availability and quality for the materials and needs of water, electric and fiber broadband utilities.
• Create, administer and enforce procurement contracts; assess the accuracy of vendor specifications, develops terms and special conditions, negotiates changes to contracts as required.
• Monitor annual contracts; renews, revises and re-bids for those materials and/or services.
• Coordinate and oversee vendor interactions with the City and staff; create and nurture business partnerships/relationships; actively investigate new opportunities for connecting and engaging in business with new vendors; mediate and resolve agency and/or vendor disputes.
• Provide customer support to all City departments and employees requesting assistance.
• Assist others with ordering, creating PO's, entering and approval of invoices. As well as providing oversight on orders and ongoing instruction and guidance to staff.
• Follow City and industry standard ethical procurement practices.
• Processes invoices for payment.
• Review/Audit invoices for contract compliance before payment.
• Promote and participate in cooperative procurement projects with other agencies.
• Assist Purchasing Administrator with approval and routing of contracts for all City departments.

Benefits

• Two (2) Medical plans, Dental, Vision (for self/ spouse/ children)
• A Dedicated, exclusive Employee Health and Wellness Center
• Discounted Chilson Center passes
• Paid vacation, holidays, floating holidays, and medical leave
• Flexible spending including Dependent Care
• Life Insurance, AD&D, Short-term and Long-term disability, and voluntary Critical Illness Coverage
• Retirement 401a, 457, Roth (pre-& post tax) and company match
• A Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary 529 College Invest program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Program
• Personal and Professional Development opportunities
• Employee Recognition Program
• Exceptional work-life balance
• Market based pay & regular performance reviews
• Local Government employment is eligible for Public Loan Forgiveness Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree