Buyer 2 - Purchasing Specialist
Core
Manage purchasing activities, contracts, and fixed asset inventory for a college to ensure economical procurement of supplies, equipment, and services.
Role type
Buyer / Purchasing Specialist
Builds
Procurement processes, vendor contracts, and fixed asset inventory records
Domain
Higher Education / Administrative Services
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Procurement planning, contract creation and management, fixed asset inventory management, bank receipting and reconciliation, vendor relationship management, data analysis in Excel, policy compliance
Preferred skills
Contract law knowledge, state purchasing system knowledge (ISRS), SWIFT system knowledge
Responsibilities
Plan and implement effective procurement methods to meet price, quality, and specification needs; create and maintain college contracts; manage fixed asset additions, disposals, and physical inventory reviews; serve as backup for bank receipting and daily reconciliation; provide training on purchasing policies to staff
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC