Purchasing & Specifications Specialist II - Honolulu, Oahu

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, clarifies, and specifies requirements of products with users and vendors.
• Drafts specifications for formal bids and updates such specifications to ensure their currency and applicability.
• Understands and applies common purchasing resources (e.g., catalogs, buyers' guides).
• Knows and applies documentation requirements for formal purchases (e.g., bonding, indemnification, insurance, severability).
• Responds to inquiries regarding the bidding process.

Requirements

• Education Requirement: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Specialized Experience Requirement: One-half (1/2) year of responsible professional experience in purchasing involving:
• Working with users and vendors in identifying, clarifying, and specifying requirements of products.
• Drafting specifications for formal bids and updating such specifications to ensure their currency and applicability.
• Understanding and applying common purchasing resources (e.g., catalogs, buyers' guides).
• Knowledge and application of documentation requirements for formal purchases (e.g., bonding, indemnification, insurance, severability).
• Responding to inquiries regarding the bidding process.

Qualifications

• 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.