Top Purchasing Executive jobs in Iowa
Top Purchasing Executive leads procurement and purchasing operations and develops strategic plans to provide the materials and services to meet organizational requirements for quality, volume, availability, and pricing. Evaluates and develops strategic supplier relationships, negotiates contracts, and implements systems for monitoring performance, assessing risk, and responding to changes in demand or disruptions in the supply chain. Being a Top Purchasing Executive fosters collaboration with other functions to define current and future inventory requirements and manage inventory levels. Designs processes and systems and utilizes technical tools to analyze data and increase responsiveness to material demands. Additionally, Top Purchasing Executive incorporates auditing processes to ensure procurement and recordkeeping comply with any applicable industry or governmental regulations. Requires a bachelor's degree. Typically reports to top management. The Top Purchasing Executive manages a departmental function within a broader corporate function. Develops major goals to support broad functional objectives. Approves policies developed within various sub-functions and departments. To be a Top Purchasing Executive typically requires 8+ years of managerial experience. Comprehensive knowledge of the overall departmental function. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Recently Added Top Purchasing Executive jobs
Purchasing Agent 2
- State of Iowa - Executive Branch
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Des Moines, IA
FULL_TIME
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Overview
Job Description
Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services (IVRS) – Administrative Services Bureau is looking for a new member to join our team. We are interested in energetic, action-oriented professionals interested in being part of a statewide team dedicated to serving the needs of employers and assisting individuals with disabilities to achieve employment, independence, and economic goals.
In this role, you will serve as a Purchasing Agent 2 and contribute your experience and knowledge towards fulfilling our Mission – We provide expert, individualized services to Iowans with disabilities to achieve their independence through successful employment and economic support alongside your IVRS team .
As a Purchasing Agent 2 you will serve in a key role for sourcing goods and services for Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services at our 1000 E Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA office.
Responsibilities include initiating, tracking, and documenting the agency's procurement and vendor selection process for the purchase of goods and services for both operations and case service. This includes office supplies, printing, merchandise, and equipment in compliance with state and federal rules and regulations and agency policies and standards. This position shall ensure the agency's procedures to initiating purchases, completing solicitations, making awards, approving purchases, placing purchase orders, and receiving goods are in place and maintained with integrity.
Duties and responsibilities to include, but not limited to the following:- Purchase goods and services in compliance with state purchasing guidelines.
- Assists clerical staff on state p-card purchasing requirements for both goods and services.
- Orders office supplies and printing services as requested by agency managers and supervisors. Communicates clearly both verbally and in writing to state staff and vendors when clarifying orders and resolving issues.
- Maintains documentation of equipment valued at $5,000 or greater as required by state auditors.
- Maintains documentation of miles driven, oil changes, preventive maintenance checks and other service requirements for vehicles assigned to agency.
- Audits vehicle data received monthly from field offices prior to submitting data to the Dept. of Administrative Services.
- Schedules service for agency vehicles at required mileage intervals. Drives agency vehicles to scheduled service appointments.
- Lifts computer equipment, office furniture, cubicle walls, boxes of paper, incoming and outgoing mail bins not to exceed 50lbs.
- Conducts informal bids for a variety of standardized, expendable/non-expendable items valued at $50,000 or less, and processes delivery orders against established state purchasing master contracts.
- Conducts informal service contract bidding, including selecting vendors for bid solicitation, evaluating bids, making recommendations for award, and awarding to lowest compliant vendor.
- Responsible for daily receiving, sorting, and distributing incoming mail and packages for IVRS.
As of July 1, 2023, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services has become part of Iowa Workforce Development.
Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) is a state agency committed to providing employment services for individual job seekers and to connecting employers to available workers through our IowaWORKS partnership.
IWD continually strives to improve processes and align the organization to provide effective, demand-driven products and services.
IWD staff in Des Moines consists of administrative services, disability determination services, information technology, labor market information, unemployment insurance services, vocational rehabilitation services, and workforce services. The agency also maintains a statewide delivery system of IowaWORKS Centers and satellite and expansion offices where both employers and job seeking Iowans can receive workforce assistance.
Benefits
Joining the IWD/IVRS team and becoming a State of Iowa employee comes with a range of valuable benefits, including:- Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Generous paid time off, including nine paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave with no cap on the sick leave accrual.
- Prepare for the future with the IPERS retirement package, as well as an additional optional deferred compensation retirement plan.
- Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and dependent care.
- Free Life and Long-term Disability Insurance with the option to purchase additional coverage.
- Employee Assistance Programs and Discount Programs for support.
The successful candidate must be able to pass a criminal background check conducted by the Iowa Department of Public Safety.
Hour of work: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm.
Our agency uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.e-verify.gov .
No applicant seeking employment with the Iowa Department of Workforce Development can have a current, ongoing overpayment balance with Iowa Workforce Development without a payment plan in place.?Select positions will be subject to a criminal background check.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Graduation from high school, or G.E.D., and six years of full-time work in the procurement of technical, standardized, expendable and non-expendable items;
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graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in business or public administration, accounting or economics and two years of the required experience;
OR
an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting one year of education (30 semester hours or one year) for each year of the required experience;
OR
employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes experience equal to eighteen months as a Purchasing Agent 1.
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- State of Iowa - Executive Branch
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Des Moines, IA
FULL_TIME
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- State of Iowa - Executive Branch
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Des Moines, IA
FULL_TIME
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- State of Iowa - Executive Branch
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Des Moines, IA
FULL_TIME
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- Hispanic Technology Executive Council
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- Taylor Farms
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Corpus Christi, TX
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- Lighthouse Professional Services
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- Port of CC Authority
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Corpus Christi, TX
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About Iowa
Iowa (/ˈaɪəwə/ (listen)) is a state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest and Minnesota to the north.
In colonial times, Iowa was a part of French Louisiana and Spanish Louisiana; its state flag is patterned after the flag of France. After the Louisiana Purchase, people laid the foundation for an agriculture-based economy in the heart of the Corn...
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Income Estimation for Top Purchasing Executive jobs
$228,102 to $331,512