BUYER

DESCRIPTION:

• May assign Assistant Buyers and clerical staff in routine tasks, such as preparing purchase orders, reviewing quotations and expediting delivery
• Reviews purchase orders and contracts for completeness, accuracy and compliance with departmental policies and procedures
• Reviews requisitioned materials, equipment or services to see if they can be purchased via contract
• Conducts pre-bid meetings and distributes bid invitations
• Advertises and sets bid opening dates
• Gathers and compiles verbal and written bids
• Tabulates bids, evaluating price quotes and comparing to specifications
• Researches vendors and evaluates their ability to provide and the availability of quality materials, equipment and services
• Selects or recommends the most advantageous bid
• Schedules and expedites delivery and resolves any discrepancies with vendor
• Prepares requests for council action and final drafts of contracts
• Interprets and evaluates contract provisions
• Ensures purchase orders comport with existing contracts
• Maintains and updates vendor lists
• Maintains requisitions and purchase order files and logs
• Prepares reports and responds to information requests from department managers, vendors, etc.

Must have valid Texas Driver's License and comply with AP 2-2 policy.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• KNOWLEDGE: Requires a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Materials Management, Purchasing or a closely related field
• EXPERIENCE: Two years of professional or para-professional buying experience are required . Professional buying experience may substitute for the above education requirement on a year-for-year basis

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• PHYSICAL EFFORT: The position is physically comfortable; the individual has discretion about walking, standing, etc
• WORK ENVIRONMENT: There are no major sources of discomfort, i.e., essentially normal office environment with acceptable lighting, temperature and air conditions
• PHYSICAL SKILL: Requires the ability to make coordinated gross motor movements in response to changing external stimuli within moderately demanding tolerances; or the ability to make coordinated eye/hand movements on a patterned response space within low tolerance demands with no real speed requirements

WORK SCHEDULE:

Monday through Friday, 8:00a to 5:00p

Criminal Background Check: Yes

Drug Test: Yes