Lead Buyer Specialist

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the posting. Posting text: "Under the direction of the Purchasing Supervisor the Lead Buyer Specialist will guide a team of about 10 Buyer Specialists serving an assigned grouping of colleges arranged region while performing transactional purchases for a wide variety of goods and services for the 23 VCCS colleges, the System Office and the Shared Services Center.The position:Receives demand signals and purchases goods and services up to the small purchase thresholdEnsures that all purchases are performed accurately, timely and in accordance with applicable state laws & policies and VCCS policiesEmploys best business practices to continuously improve performance, compliance, efficiency and effectivenessActs as a lead for respective region to assign workload and act as an elevation point KSA's/Minimum Qualifications Ability to:execute simple to moderately complex purchases of supplies, equipment, and servicesproficiently use automated procurement systems (e-procurement) to review and process requisitions through to a purchase order and acknowledgmentanalyze quotes/, bids and make appropriate purchasing decisionsfully manage procurement process for assignments from the need through the purchase order, including order status and invoicing discrepanciesexercise sound judgment, solve problems, and attend to detail in a fast pace, team oriented and customer service-oriented environmentprovide exceptional customer service to internal and external customers in a professional mannercomplete assignments following procedures & processes within the policies & lawsexpress thoughts clearly both verbally and in writingmaintain confidentialitywork effectively with a wide range of constituenciesuse the computer hardware and software required, including proficiency in MS Officeto lead, assign and act as an elevation point of daily operational tasks to maximize efficiency on their respective teamsto communicate effectively with leadership regarding progress and support in their respective areas Minimum Qualifications:Minimal purchasing experience such as reviewing requisitions, soliciting bids, and vendor outreachMultiple years of customer service or team-oriented work experience or a combinationCurrent Virginia Contracting Associate (VCA) certification or ability to obtain within one year of hire; see https://vip.dgs.virginia.gov/ for more information on VCA certification Additional Considerations:Experience guiding and directing small groupsPurchasing experience (Private or Public Sector)Experience using MS Office products and/or Adobe Acrobat Pro Special Instructions to ApplicantsIn support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process (AHP). The AHP is established as part of a comprehensive strategy to increase employment of individuals with disabilities within state government, which offers a non-competitive path to state employment. For Frequently Asked Questions, please review the DHRM document here: alternative-hiring-process-faqs-for-applicants.pdf.(virginia.gov). Additional InformationHybrid telework available! Sponsorship will not be offered for this position. The selected candidate’s offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background investigation, which may include: fingerprint checks, local agency checks, employment verification, verification of education, credit checks (relevant to employment). Additionally, selected candidates may be required to complete the Commonwealth’s Statement of Economic Interest. For more information, please follow this link: http://ethics.dls.virginia.gov/ The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, political affiliation, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other non-merit factors. The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA and ADAAA), to provide, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of access to the application, interviewing, and selection processes when requested. VCCS uses E-Verify to check employee eligibility to work in the United States. You will be required to complete an I-9 form and provide documentation of your identity for employment purposes" We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we should remove the "Special Instructions to Applicants" block (the AHP stuff), the "Additional Information" block (Hybrid telework available! Sponsorship will not be offered...), the EEO statements, etc. Also remove "Special Instructions to Applicants" and "Additional Information". Also remove "The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) provides equal employment opportunities..." etc. We need to preserve substantive information: description of role, responsibilities, KSAs/minimum qualifications, additional considerations, maybe hybrid telework? Actually hybrid telework is in Additional Information, which we might consider as benefit? It says "Hybrid telework available!" That's a benefit. However the instruction says: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." The "Additional Information" includes hybrid telework, sponsorship, background check, statement of economic interest, etc. Some of that might be considered boilerplate? The background check and sponsorship statements might be considered standard legal. However "Hybrid telework available!" is a benefit. Should we keep it? The instruction says to include Benefits section only if posting actually states them. It does state hybrid telework available. So we could include a Benefits section with that. However the "Additional Information" also includes sponsorship will not be offered, background check, statement of economic interest. Those are more like legal/conditions. Might be considered boilerplate? The instruction says remove legal/EEO etc. Sponsorship not offered maybe not legal but could be considered condition. I'd lean to keep only the hybrid telework as a benefit, and maybe omit the rest. We also need to not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We need to use

for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections have content. - About the role: Could be the introductory paragraph: "Under the direction of the Purchasing Supervisor the Lead Buyer Specialist will guide a team of about 10 Buyer Specialists serving an assigned grouping of colleges arranged region while performing transactional purchases for a wide variety of goods and services for the 23 VCCS colleges, the System Office and the Shared Services Center." That's descriptive. - Responsibilities: The bullet list after "The position:" includes: Receives demand signals and purchases goods and services up to the small purchase threshold; Ensures that all purchases are performed accurately, timely and in accordance with applicable state laws & policies and VCCS policies; Employs best business practices to continuously improve performance, compliance, efficiency and effectiveness; Acts as a lead for respective region to assign workload and act as an elevation point. We could also include some of the KSAs as responsibilities? But KSAs are more like qualifications. - Requirements: Could be the "Minimum Qualifications" block: Minimal purchasing experience such as reviewing requisitions, soliciting bids, and vendor outreach; Multiple years of customer service or team-oriented work experience or a combination; Current Virginia Contracting Associate (VCA) certification or ability to obtain within one year of hire. - Qualifications: Could be the "Additional Considerations": Experience guiding and directing small groups; Purchasing experience (Private or Public Sector); Experience using MS Office products and/or Adobe Acrobat Pro. - Skills: Could be the KSA list under "Ability to:" which includes many skill statements: execute simple to moderately complex purchases; proficiently use automated procurement systems; analyze quotes/bids and make appropriate purchasing decisions; fully manage procurement process; exercise sound judgment, solve problems, attend to detail; provide exceptional customer service; complete assignments following procedures; express thoughts clearly both verbally and in writing; maintain confidentiality; work effectively with a wide range of constituencies; use computer hardware and software required, including proficiency in MS Office; to lead, assign and act as an elevation point of daily operational tasks; communicate effectively with leadership regarding progress and support. We could split some into Skills section. - Benefits: Hybrid telework available. - Pay: Not mentioned. So we should not include Pay section. - Schedule: Not mentioned (no schedule details). So omit. We must not create sections with filler like "not specified". So only include sections with real content. Thus we will output:

About the role

Under the direction of the Purchasing Supervisor the Lead Buyer Specialist will guide a team of about 10 Buyer Specialists serving an assigned grouping of colleges arranged region while performing transactional purchases for a wide variety of goods and services for the 23 VCCS colleges, the System Office and the Shared Services Center.

Responsibilities

• Receives demand signals and purchases goods and services up to the small purchase threshold
• Ensures that all purchases are performed accurately, timely and in accordance with applicable state laws & policies and VCCS policies
• Employs best business practices to continuously improve performance, compliance, efficiency and effectiveness
• Acts as a lead for respective region to assign workload and act as an elevation point

Requirements

• Minimal purchasing experience such as reviewing requisitions, soliciting bids, and vendor outreach
• Multiple years of customer service or team-oriented work experience or a combination
• Current Virginia Contracting Associate (VCA) certification or ability to obtain within one year of hire

Qualifications

• Experience guiding and directing small groups
• Purchasing experience (Private or Public Sector)
• Experience using MS Office products and/or Adobe Acrobat Pro

Skills

• Execute simple to moderately complex purchases of supplies, equipment, and services
• Proficiently use automated procurement systems (e‑procurement) to review and process requisitions through to a purchase order and acknowledgment
• Analyze quotes/bids and make appropriate purchasing decisions
• Fully manage procurement process for assignments from the need through the purchase order, including order status and invoicing discrepancies
• Exercise sound judgment, solve problems, and attend to detail in a fast‑pace, team‑oriented and customer service‑oriented environment
• Provide exceptional customer service to internal and external customers in a professional manner
• Complete assignments following procedures & processes within the policies & laws
• Express thoughts clearly both verbally and in writing
• Maintain confidentiality
• Work effectively with a wide range of constituencies
• Use the computer hardware and software required, including proficiency in MS Office
• Lead, assign and act as an elevation point of daily operational tasks to maximize efficiency on their respective teams
• Communicate effectively with leadership regarding progress and support in their respective areas

Benefits

• Hybrid telework available

We need to ensure no duplicate content. Also ensure we didn't include any boilerplate like "see https://vip.dgs.virginia.gov/ for more information on VCA certification". That's a link; maybe we should keep it? It's part of Minimum Qualifications. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep the link. However the link is a URL; we could keep as plain text. It's not boilerplate. So we should include it in the Requirements list item. Thus modify Requirements item: "Current Virginia Contracting Associate (VCA) certification or ability to obtain within one year of hire; see https://vip.dgs.virginia.gov/ for more information on VCA certification" Also maybe we should keep the link as is. Also we might want to keep the phrase "