Buyer III - Procurement Capital Construction

Responsibilities

• Supervises and coordinates commodity group teams.
• Conducts research as a preliminary to and basis for negotiations of contracts.
• Analyzes and develops improvements in bid invitations, specifications, and other features of procurement practice.
• Evaluates the quality of reference and technical materials available for use by buyers.
• 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.
• Improves the quality and responsiveness of bids and proposals.

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of modern procurement policies, procedures, and practices.
• Thorough knowledge of sources of supplies and services, prices, and market conditions and trends.
• Thorough knowledge of the needs of vendors and contractors for information as a basis for providing pertinent, informed, and meaningful bids and proposals.
• Considerable ability in evaluating and developing improvements in procurement practices and procedures and administrative arrangements and staffing for their conduct.
• Considerable ability in written and oral expression.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective work relations with colleagues, vendors, suppliers, and served agencies.