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City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

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Procurement Specialist III


FLSA: Standard/Exempt EEO Category: (20) Professionals
Class Code: 19510 Salary Grade: DH4
Approved: Last Revised: November 28, 2018


Purpose:
 

Under limited supervision, and within their delegated procurement authority, this position will perform a variety of procurement services to their assigned department customers including all formal and informal source selection services, contract monitoring and contract administration services, category management, occasional buying services, and a range of advisement and technical support services in these same areas.

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:
  Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
  1. Performs source selection and contract formation services including informal solicitations including Requests for Quotations (RFQ), issues purchase orders and single transaction contracts under the State’s formal threshold, participates under and as authorized leading cooperative contracts. Performs all formal solicitations above the formal threshold including Invitations for Bids (IFB), Requests for Proposals (RFP), and Requests for Qualifications (RFQS); solicitations for Citywide, revenue-generating, and concessions contracts; and solicitations for construction and construction-related professional services.
  2. Performs contract management and contract administration services including order monitoring for delivery orders, purchase orders, and single transaction contracts; contract compliance monitoring for project contracts and term master agreements; and contract administration services for assigned contracts.
  3. Performs advisory and technical support services to assigned department customers, current and prospective contractors, and members of the public on variety of procurement activities including procurement cards; delivery orders; purchase orders; informal source selection processes; all formal source selection processes; construction and construction-related professional services; master agreements; order monitoring; participating under and leading cooperative contracts; contract management; contract administration; and category management.
  4. Performs category management of one or more groups of similar and/or related contracts as assigned; develops and maintains product, service, and contractual expertise within assigned categories; develops and maintains market intelligence within assigned categories; develops and executes strategic category plans; and develops and presents reports on the performance of category plans.
  5. Performs, as necessary, occasional buying services including purchases using a procurement card, issuing delivery orders for non-competitive releases under existing master agreements, issuing purchase orders for non-competitive buys under the State’s informal threshold.
Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:
 

May act in a lead role on assigned projects and/or programs as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
  • Knowledge of public purchasing practices and techniques.
  • Knowledge of applicable procurement statutes, ordinances, and codes.
  • Knowledge of accounting and budgeting process as it relates to purchasing transactions.
  • Knowledge of contract law, terms, and conditions.
  • Knowledge of contract category management.
  • Skill in buying procedures, purchase orders, delivery orders, and the use of purchasing cards.
  • Skill in informal and all formal source selection processes including price competition.
  • Skill in contract negotiation and formation, contract management, and contract administration processes.
  • Skill in computes applications including spreadsheets, databases, and word processing software.
  • Skill in establishing and maintaining good working relationships with other City employees and the public.
  • Skill in effective oral and written communication.
  • Skill in exercising good judgment, tact, and diplomacy.
  • Skill in using automated purchasing systems.
  • Ability to develop and lead cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to resolve all contract disputes.
Minimum Qualifications:
 
  • Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, plus four (4) years of experience in a related field.
  • Four (4) years of applicable work experience may be substituted in place of the minimum education requirement.
  • Graduation with a graduate degree from an accredited college or university in a related field may substitute for up to two (2) years of the required experience.
Licenses and Certifications Required:
  None.

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of the position given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.