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State of New Hampshire · 2 days ago

SENIOR PURCHASING AGENT

New Hampshire, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$31.33/hr - $42.60/hr

4+ years exp

The State of New Hampshire is seeking a Senior Purchasing Agent within the Department of Administrative Services. The role involves supervising procurement programs to ensure timely and cost-effective procurement of materials, equipment, commodities, and services required by state agencies.

Customer ServiceGovernmentService Industry

Responsibilities

Develops, reviews, analyses and evaluates purchasing programs, rules, procedures, and related contracts as required to provide cost effective goods and services to state government

Supervises and manages various procurement programs; reviews and evaluates purchasing reports and quality control evaluation data to achieve program objectives

Meets with vendors and purchasing staff to review vendor and state agency complaints. Resolves customer disputes and acts as second level for dispute resolution. Revises procedures as required to ensure that goods and services are procured in accordance with current law and rules

Manages commodity and service contracts to ensure compliance with contract terms and conditions. Meets with state agencies to ensure that contracts meet their business needs in an efficient and cost effective way. Reviews request for bids and request for proposals for compliance with proper bidding standards. Develops standard bidding and contract documents for use by staff. Develops training manuals and templates for purchasing staff to utilize

Serves as mentor for lower-level purchasing agents providing experienced advice and guidance to purchasing team members

Manages the bidding process, working with program staff and agency personnel to: draft specifications and write solicitation documents, ensure timely publication of procurement notices; and evaluate competitive offerings based on cost, quality, service, availability, reliability and selection variety, including suppliers' price structure and compliance with appropriate regulations, and other various financial information as needed to determine suppliers' solvency

Negotiates pricing and contractual terms and conditions, prepare and revise contracts for the delivery of required services, and award contracts, purchase orders, ordering agreements and service agreements

Initiate and maintain emergency service and commodity contracts in support of the ESF-7 Resource Support and the State Emergency Operations Plan, in order to ensure that a wide variety of essential goods and services will be provided during a time of emergency

Be on call during off hours and respond within a short time frame to the Emergency Operations Center to provide support for ESF-7 Resource Support and the State Emergency Operations Plan

Recognizing that everyone we come into contact with is a customer; treat all with courtesy, respect and professionalism striving to exceed customer service expectations

Qualification

Procurement managementContract administrationVendor negotiationAnalytical skillsCustomer service

Required

Bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience OR equivalent combination of 8 years of education and experience after completion of high school

Education and experience must be as a purchasing agent, procurement of supplies, materials and equipment, contract administration or a related field with at least 2 years of experience in a management level position involving administrative, reporting or analytical duties

Must be willing to be on-call during off-hours and respond to work within a short time to support Emergency Operations during a state disaster