We respect and embrace the experiences, knowledge, and contributions of our team members. We strive for a culture of belonging and balance by upholding our values: Stewardship, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect, and Innovation. We are passionate about Missouri, our role to preserve, protect and enhance our environment and we are committed to serving its’ citizens. We believe our mission and vision serves a greater purpose and will be felt for generations to come.
This position will be located at the Lewis & Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City, Missouri, 65102.
- Consult with divisions and OA Purchasing to determine the best course of action for bid requests or bidding situations, assist with MissouriBUYS, and other procurement-related issues.
- Coordinate Single Feasible Sources (SFS) and emergency procurement requests between OA Purchasing and divisions.
- Create MissouriBUYS procurement documents.
- Track department contracts, expirations, and extensions to ensure necessary contracts are in place to fulfill the department’s mission.
- Serve as backup to other General Services Program tasks such as mail, purchasing card, facility request and fleet.
- Advise management regarding measures to ensure efficient and effective operations, development of reliable data, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Provide customer service and communicate with internal and external customers to answer questions, discuss issues, and prepare required information.
To be successful in this position, a candidate will need the following skills:
- Oral and Written Communication : Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, consider the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
- Attention to Detail : Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
- Adaptability : Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
- Self-Management : Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.
- Teamwork : Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
- Bachelor’s degree and 1-3 years of relevant experience. (Substitutions may be allowed.)
- Public fiscal accounting and procurement experience (preferred)
- Experience with Sam II (State of Missouri Financial System), MissouriBUYS (State of Missouri Procurement System) and SharePoint (preferred).
Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant. Benefits & Work-life BalanceOur benefits package and flexible 40-hour work week promotes the mental and physical health of you and your family as you work towards achieving your professional goals. Benefits include paid vacation and sick leave, paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision and prescription insurance. Learn more here .
How we invest in you: - Exceptional professional development: mentoring from experienced professionals, cross-media training, career advancement opportunities, paid trainings and continuing education tuition assistance.
- Support for professional registrations when required, through paid study materials, fees, study time, test time, exam fees and licensure renewal fees.
