Purchasing & Specifications Specialist II - Honolulu, Oahu

Hawai`i State Judiciary • Honolulu, HI

2h • Onsite

About The Position

As an advanced trainee, performs a variety of simple and routine to moderately difficult governmental purchasing, standards and specifications development, and contracts procurement work within the Judiciary's centralized purchasing program.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• One-half (1/2) year of responsible professional experience in purchasing which involved working with users and vendors in identifying, clarifying and specifying requirements of products.
• Included drafting specifications for formal bids and/or updating such specifications to ensure their currency and applicability.
• Showed an understanding and use of common purchasing resources (e.g., catalogs, buyers' guides, etc.).
• Experience must have involved knowledge and application of documentation requirements for formal purchases (e.g., bonding, indemnification, insurance, severability), formal bidding procedures (e.g., advertising, receipt and analysis of bids), and responding to inquiries regarding the bidding process.

Nice To Haves

• Excess experience of the type and quality described above, or administrative, professional, technical or other responsible work which required a high level of analytical skills may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.
• Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements from an accredited college or university for a Bachelor's degree with a major in purchasing or a degree in public or business administration with course work equivalent to a major in purchasing may be substituted for one-half (½) year of the required specialized experience.
• Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements from an accredited university for a Master's degree in public or business administration may be substituted for one-half (½) year of the required specialized experience.
• Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements from an accredited university for a Master's degree with a major in purchasing or a Master's degree in public or business administration with course work equivalent to a major in purchasing may be substituted for one (1) year of the required specialized experience.
• Satisfactory completion of all academic requirements for a degree in law (LLB, JD or equivalent) from an accredited school of law may be substituted for one-half (½) year of the required specialized experience.

Responsibilities

• Works with users and vendors in identifying, clarifying and specifying requirements of products.
• Drafts specifications for formal bids and/or updates such specifications to ensure their currency and applicability.
• Understands and uses common purchasing resources (e.g., catalogs, buyers' guides, etc.).
• Applies knowledge of documentation requirements for formal purchases (e.g., bonding, indemnification, insurance, severability).
• Applies knowledge of formal bidding procedures (e.g., advertising, receipt and analysis of bids).
• Responds to inquiries regarding the bidding process.

What This Job Offers

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