Job Description
The NYC Mayor’s Office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city, state, and federal laws within New York City. New York City’s Mayor, Eric Adams is head of the executive branch of New York City’s government. Mayor Adams has served the people of New York City as an NYPD officer, State Senator, and Brooklyn Borough President. The Adams’ Administration is leading the fight to make New York City’s economy stronger, reduce inequality, improve public safety, and build a stronger, healthier city that delivers for all New Yorkers. As an agency, we value fairness, helpfulness, transparency, leadership and build our teams around these values. For current job opportunities visit our careers page
Job Description
The Procurement Specialist will perform sourcing, liaising, and negotiating with new and existing suppliers to improve and streamline office functionality. This will include creating documentation necessary for the acquisition of materials and services, reviewing supplies, works, and services to ensure compliance with company procedures and best procurement practices, working with the finance team throughout the procurement cycle to assist with forecasting and budgeting, and developing detailed sourcing and category plans to maximize effectiveness and efficiency. The Procurement Specialist will maintain positive working relationships with strategic suppliers to ensure cost and quality targets are met, analyze market and delivery trends so as to develop procurement technologies and processes that support those trends, interact with key stakeholders in identifying operational needs, assist in vendor selection, management, and performance. The Procurement Specialist will also re-negotiate contracts with suppliers to produce better savings, provide updates about procurement-related progress and potential, and perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.
To Apply
Only permanent employees in the title and those that are reachable on the civil service list are eligible to apply.
* Interested applicants with other civil service titles who meet the preferred requirements should also submit a resume for consideration
Please go to www.cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for Job ID # 610977
SUBMISSION OF A RESUME IS NOT A GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE AN INTERVIEW
APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OVERSIGHT APPROVAL
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Qualifications
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of full-time satisfactory professional experience in purchasing, procurement, contract administration or a related field, at least eighteen months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or supervising professional personnel performing duties in one or more of the above fields; or
2. A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must have the eighteen months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience described in "1" above.
Possession of an acceptable professional procurement certification may be substituted for up to one year of the experience described in "1" above. However, all candidates must have the eighteen months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience described in "1" above.
