Summary
This senior procurement role at the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health involves handling advanced purchasing tasks, such as creating and managing contracts, tracking renewals, and ensuring everything follows state rules to keep health services running smoothly.
It also includes training junior staff and reviewing their work for accuracy.
A good fit would be someone with several years of buying experience in a government or large organization setting, who is detail-oriented and enjoys working with systems and teams.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university, or equivalent experience substituting at 1 year per 30 credit hours
- Three years of full-time paid experience in centralized purchasing of commodities or services for a governmental unit or private industry (not retail)
- Master's degree may substitute for up to two years of the required experience (1 year per 15 semester hours)
- Proficiency in using the wvOASIS procurement system for issuing and renewing documents
- Knowledge of Department of Health and Department of Administration procurement policies and procedures
- Experience tracking contracts, verifying purchase requests, and maintaining logs for accuracy and compliance
- Ability to serve as a lead worker, providing training and oversight to other procurement staff
Full Job Description
Job Summary:
The Procurement Specialist Senior performs advanced-level procurement and contracting work to support the Bureau for Public Health (BPH). This position is responsible for researching, soliciting, clarifying, and expediting office and vendor information to prepare, issue, and renew a wide range of procurement documents, including Agency and Central Delivery Orders, Term Contracts, Master Agreements, and Purchase Orders in the wvOASIS system. Work is performed in compliance with Department of Health (DoH) and Department of Administration (DoA) procurement policies and procedures. Other related duties as assigned.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Create, issue, and renew exempt and non-exempt procurement documents in wvOASIS, including delivery orders, term contracts, master agreements, and purchase orders.
Track expiration dates of contracts to ensure timely renewals and prevent service interruptions.
Receive, log, track, and verify accuracy of purchase requests submitted by various BPH offices.
Maintain and update contract and purchase request logs with key information such as request data, process dates, dollar value, change orders, and expiration dates.
Collaborate with office staff and vendors to renew or re-bid contracts as needed.
Serve as a lead worker, providing training and guidance to new BPH purchasers on procurement policies, processes, and wvOASIS system procedures.
Review procurement documents prepared by staff for accuracy and compliance prior to submission.
Provide oversight and review of the work of Procurement Specialists embedded in program offices.
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Qualifications
Training: Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
OR
Substitution: Full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as described below may substitute for the required training at the rate of one (1) year of experience for 30 credit hours of education.
AND
Experience: Three (3) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in a broad range of purchasing of commodities or services in a centralized purchasing function for use in the operation of a private industry or governmental unit. Purchasing experience must be for direct use of the industry or governmental unit, not for retail sales.
OR
Substitution: A Master's degree from a regionally accredited college or university may substitute for the required experience at a rate of one (1) year of experience for 15 semester hours of education not to exceed two (2) years.