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Procurement Analyst III (Lead Buyer)

Little Rock, United States

The City of Little Rock provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. City of Little Rock complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every work location. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Job Objective & Safety/Security Sensitive Designation

JOB OBJECTIVE: To provide assistance to the Assistant Procurement Manager in identifying commodity sources, developing specifications, solicitations and contracts for the procurement of goods and services for City of Little Rock Departments; to identify trends, benchmarks and discrepancies between processes and business objectives, and coordinate process improvement and open data activities of the Procurement Division in the Department of Finance.

This position is not designated as a safety/security sensitive position and is not subject to random drug and alcohol screening.

Essential Functions

Minimum Qualifications, Additional Requirements and Supervisory Responsibilities

These knowledge, skills, and abilities are usually, although not always, acquired through completion of Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Procurement, Public Administration, Supply Chain Management or a related area; two (2) years of professional-level experience in the purchasing of a variety of commodities and/or the procurement of goods and services for a large multi-departmental agency or organization, preferably in the public sector OR two (2) years of demonstrated technical writing experience to include interpretation of requests for the formulation and development of a written technical document i.e. Buyer, Researcher, Grant Writer, or related professions; OR two(2) years of experience involving comprehensive research to develop detailed bid specifications, request for proposals (RFPs), request for qualifications (RFQs) or related areas. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Must be available to work outside of normal office hours to include nights, weekends, and holidays to meet deadlines as required.

DISCLAIMER:

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise.

Application Requirements

Online applications only
Applicant’s answers to supplemental questions will be used to screen for minimum qualifications electronically.
Please include a complete work history when completing application. Work history may impact initial salary offer amount for the successful candidate.
List of qualified applicants will be considered active for up to six (6) months and may be used to fill future openings with same or similar minimum qualifications.
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City of Little Rock Benefits
Non-Uniformed NON-Union Eligible Full-Time Employees

Health Insurance (medical, dental, vision) - The City pays the eintire cost of employee only health insurance for the base plan. Higher levels of health coverage and dependent coverage is available at the employee's option; the City pays part of the cost of this additional coverage.

Life Insurance - The City pays the total cost of employee life insurance. Amount of coverage is one to three times salary, based on job classification.

Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) – The City pays the total cost for employee AD&D. Amount of coverage is one times salary.

Long-Term Disability – The City pays the total cost of long-term disability insurance. Amount of coverage is 60% of salary.

Retirement – Our 401a pension plan requires contributions by both the City and the employee.

Paid Time Off

Paid Time Off (PTO) Leave may be used for vacation, personal illness, funeral Leave/attendance, illness of a family member or other personal business.

Generous leave accruals with carry over capability.

Short-Term Disability Leave

Short-Term Disability (STD) can be used for extended personal illness requiring the employee to be absent more than three (3) days (with acceptable medical documentation).

All full-time non-uniformed non-union eligible employees earn STD at the rate of six (6) days per year.

After five (5) years of service, an employee will receive 2% of the STD account (maximum 1,000 hours) per years of service, upon termination of employment.

Longevity

Longevity pay will be paid at the rate of $4 per month for each year of service up to and including the fifth (5th) year and $6 per month for each year of service beginning at six (6) years and for each year thereafter.

for other leaves and observed holidays.

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