Purchasing Specialist V - Downtown, Oahu
About The Position
Purchasing Specialists work in the State's central purchasing agency in the Department of Accounting and General Services, and perform the purchasing of a wide variety of goods and services for departments throughout the State government. Positions in this series are responsible for the development, implementation and administration of detailed specifications describing the characteristics of the desired commodity or services and establishing terms and conditions (i.e., delivery/payment, performance period and other special requirements), publishing the solicitation notice on an appropriate system, conducting pre-bid/proposal conferences, responding to questions, scheduling vendor demonstrations, evaluating proposals, making award recommendations and establishing a contract with the awarded offerer. The Purchasing Specialist V performs work in procuring and establishing standards and specifications for the most complex, specialized and technical commodities and services; serves as a specialist with independent responsibility for problem solving the most difficult and technical issues with assignments of a very complex nature; may serve as a supervisor to lower-level specialists; and performs other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Must be a citizen, national, or permanent resident alien of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States.
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
- Three and one-half (3 1/2) years of progressively responsible work experience in purchasing which: A. Involved working with users, vendors, contractors and service providers in identifying, clarifying and specifying requirements of products or scope of work for services to be performed; B. Included drafting specifications for various methods of procurement and/or updating such specifications to ensure their currency and applicability; C. Demonstrated an understanding and use of common purchasing resources.
- Supervisory aptitude, demonstrated by strong affirmative evidence of the necessary supervisory abilities and/or potential.
Responsibilities
- Development, implementation and administration of detailed specifications describing the characteristics of the desired commodity or services
- Establishing terms and conditions (i.e., delivery/payment, performance period and other special requirements)
- Publishing the solicitation notice on an appropriate system
- Conducting pre-bid/proposal conferences
- Responding to questions
- Scheduling vendor demonstrations
- Evaluating proposals
- Making award recommendations
- Establishing a contract with the awarded offerer
- Procuring and establishing standards and specifications for the most complex, specialized and technical commodities and services
- Serving as a specialist with independent responsibility for problem solving the most difficult and technical issues with assignments of a very complex nature
- Serving as a supervisor to lower-level specialists
- Performing other related duties as assigned
Benefits
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
