Senior Procurement Professional (Buyer IV)

Anne Arundel County • Annapolis, MD

19h • Onsite

About The Position

This position announcement will be used to fill a full-time, permanent Buyer IV vacancy in the Office of Central Services with Anne Arundel County Government. This is specialized and advancing professional work in large-scale purchasing and contracting for materials, supplies, equipment, and services. Work involves responsibility for supervising and coordinating commodity group teams, conducting research as a preliminary to and basis for negotiations of contracts, and the analysis and development of improvements in bid invitations, specifications, and other features of procurement practice. Work is required to be performed in conformity with applicable laws and regulations, but the employee of this class is expected to proceed with substantial independence in evaluating existing practices and procedures and in identifying and exploiting opportunities for improvements therein. Work is subject to review by the Purchasing Agent where significant procedural changes are involved, but work is appraised primarily in terms of quality of constructive work in strengthening the effectiveness of procurement operations.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in business administration, finance, or a related field
• Four (4) or more years of technical experience in large-scale procurement of diverse materials, supplies, and services
• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in business administration, finance, or a related field may be substituted with an additional four (4) or more years of technical experience in large-scale procurement of diverse materials, supplies, and services for a total of eight (8) or more years of technical experience in large-scale procurement of diverse materials, supplies, and services

Nice To Haves

• Two (2) or more years of experience preparing highly complex formal solicitations and invitations for bid
• Experience in government purchasing or government environment

Responsibilities

• Analyzes distribution of work among commodity teams in interest of achieving improvements in workload balance and maximizing the use of available resources
• Evaluates the quality of reference and technical materials available for use by buyers in identifying and evaluating sources and products
• Develops detailed plans for improvements in these areas
• Conducts research into sources of supplies and services
• Develops criteria for use in making preliminary selections from among possible bidders
• Plans and develops resource files for use in identification and pre-qualification of bidders
• Analyzes form and content of bid invitations and specifications for supplies, equipment, and services so as to improve the quality and responsiveness of bids and proposals
• Performs related work as required

What This Job Offers

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