Procurement Coordinator (State Purchasing Procurement Support Analyst)

Schedule: Full-time

What You'll Do:

- Coordinates construction procurement functions of the agency, in cooperation with other procurement staff

- Ensures compliance with policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation, selection, and award of contracts for professional design, consulting, and construction services

- Assists in coordinating procurement, advertising, and solicitation processes

- Coordinates and updates bid tracking and procurement award tracking tools

- Serves on teams for shortlisting, interviewing, and selecting firms

- Supports contract negotiations

- Provides guidance, training, and outreach to staff and to external customers on procurement issues

- Supports the Encouraging Diversity Growth, and Equity (EDGE) program

- Supports vendor performance evaluation database and process, including reviews with the quality construction team on proposed contractor and subcontractor lists

- Provides support to Projects and Legal teams for debriefs, protests, and public records related to procurement

- Stays current and utilizes agency information technology and data tools that support the procurement function, including OAKS-CI, Bid

- Express, Ohio Buys, the agency website, metrics, and data transformation

- Screens requests for the DAS Requisite Program

- Coordinates with appropriate staff to grant waivers or reject requests in Ohio Buys

- Supports consultant list reservations and agreements in OAKS-CI

- Supports agency grant programs, including cultural facilities, community schools, school safety, and other grant programs assigned to the agency

- Supports procurement of supplies and services contracts as requested by the Finance office

- Performs other related duties as assigned

24 mos. exp. in purchasing/procurement position that involved reviewing requisitions, writing invitations-to-bid, evaluating vendor response & communication with vendors & customers.

-Or completion of program coursework for associate degree in one of previously stated areas of study; 6 mos. exp. in purchasing/procurement position that involved reviewing requisitions, writing invitations-to-bid, evaluating vendor response & communicating with vendors & customers. Completion of undergraduate program core coursework in public or business administration, purchasing, materials management, contracting, acquisition management or logistics or other purchasing related field.

Job Skills: Purchasing, Stores, Inventory