Salary: 34.91 - 46.79 Hourly
Job Category: Purchasing
Location: Ventura County
Job Type: Full-Time
Close Date: Continuous
Position Highlights:
- Join a talented team in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment
- Work collaboratively with departments across the City
- Flexible work environment and schedules (9/80 schedule)
The City of Thousand Oaks is seeking a Senior Purchasing Specialist to join our team!
We are seeking an enthusiastic, service-oriented team player who thrives in a busy, fast-paced environment. As part of the Finance Department’s Purchasing Team, the Senior Purchasing Specialist will perform a variety of functions in supporting the City’s purchasing policies and processes.
Primary responsibilities:- Receives, examines, analyzes, and processes purchase requisitions and purchase orders according to City and department policies and procedures; ensures that information is correct and documentation is complete; corrects errors as necessary
- Reviews formal solicitations such as bids and requests for proposals/qualifications (RFP/Q) and posts formal solicitations on City’s procurement portal
- Reviews and facilitates informal solicitations for departments
- Trains City staff on purchasing policies and processes
- Oversees the maintenance of solicitation records, commodity/sub-commodity lists, and other purchasing and inventory files
- Negotiates, manages, and monitors Citywide contracts
- Oversees the maintenance and validation of vendor account information
- Oversees the City’s purchasing card (Cal-Card) program
- Oversees the City’s centralized cellphone and smart device program
- Oversees the transfer of disposal of surplus property
- Resolves inquiries and concerns from employees, vendors, and the public
- Generates a variety of financial reports for Accounting and Budget staff
