Procurement Technician

One of our local government clients is looking for an experienced procurement technician to join their office on a contract basis. The purpose of the Procurement Technician’s work is to perform a range of procurement support tasks that facilitate the work of higher graded employees, primarily contract specialists and relieve them of some the more procedural or repetitive aspects of their work, including compliance with certain regulatory reporting requirements.

The initial term of the assignment will be at least 3 months with multiple options to extend. This role will interview and hire immediately!

Duties:

• Conducting research for the purpose of gathering and summarizing relevant information for use by contract specialists
• Assist in conducting surveys
• Ability to present information in excel spreadsheet form
• Review and reconciliation of various documents and records
• Reviewing reports and researching errors or conflicting information in procurement documentation
• Assembling and preparing procurement management reports by gathering and consolidating pertinent information
• Developing manual and/or assisting in the development of automated procurement procedures

Knowledge Requirements:

• Must have sufficient knowledge of automated systems to perform actions such as data entry, reports retrieval, error correction, and record searches.
• Ability to learn what information is available and how to access and manipulate it in order to create, acquire, or process information.
• Knowledge of subcontracting plans and procurement forecasts
• The work requires knowledge of basic and well-established procurement procedures, including knowledge of basic information and terminology that must be present in procurement documents
• Knowledge of basic math functions sufficient to perform and verify certain calculations.
• Ability to learn workflows sufficient to direct messages and work to appropriate personnel; and ability to locate, add, retrieve, or correct routine contract file information
• Knowledge of a wide variety of procurement clerical operations and procedures to resolve nonstandard transactions, complaints, or discrepancies.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with staff, staff of other government agencies, and with members of the general public to obtain, clarify, or provide information related to procurement support assignments.
• Flexibility and willingness to work as part of a team.
• Ambitious and takes initiative; committed to getting the job done.
• Ability to work independently to meet deadlines and develop work plans for assignments.

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