Buyer I

Job Summary

This role is responsible for coordinating activities involved with procuring and purchasing goods and services, such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts, supplies, and advertising.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Performance Requirements

• Develops procurement strategy with clients; analyzes requests and recommends revisions
• Reviews requisitions and confers with vendors to obtain product or service information, such as price, availability, and delivery schedule
• Selects products for purchase by testing, observing, or examining items and estimates values according to knowledge of market price
• Determines method of procurement such as direct purchase or bid, and prepares purchase orders or bid requests
• Analyzes bid proposals within budgetary limitations and scope of authority; makes competitive range determinations; leads negotiations and awards purchase orders
• Creates and maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories
• Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action
• Expedites delivery of goods to users
• Maintains purchase order database, logging in new purchase orders as necessary; administers the online office supplies program
• Provides customer service related to purchasing procedures and accounting transactions; responds to client inquiries by checking records and files in automated system
• Assures compliance with laws, codes, regulations, and restrictions related to procurement of goods and services for the College
• Assists in preparing contract documents as needed

Service Excellence

• Attends the workplace regularly, reports to work punctually, and follows a work schedule to keep up with the demands of the worksite
• Completes all required training and professional development sessions sponsored through Tarrant County College (TCC)
• Supports the mission, values, goals, and principles of the College

Supervision

Works under the general supervision of the assigned department leader.