Purchasing Administrator

🚀 Hiring: Purchasing Administrator
📍 Location: Indianapolis, IN (Need only local candidates)
⏳ Duration: Long-Term
🏢 Work Mode: On-site
💻 Immediate interviews – In Person Interview

Responsibilities
✅ Provide administrative oversight of both automation-related and traditional contract services. Purchase on behalf of the agency within a pre-determined delegation authority and consistent with agency purchasing and procurement laws, rules, regulations, and procedures.
✅ Maintain a substantial file system covering all services or items contracted for by the Agency.

Required Skills
✔ Professional experience in purchasing administration, procurement operations, or a closely related function.
✔ Demonstrated experience in procurement, contract administration, requisition processing, financial mgmt, accounting, or related business operations
✔ Knowledge of applicable state and federal procurement laws, regulations, policies, and procedures, including compliance requirements and documentation
✔ Demonstrated experience managing procurement contracts, overseeing vendor performance, evaluating bids, and supporting contract negotiations
✔ Experience with general project management including financial and conflict management
✔ Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships
✔ Proficiency in Microsoft applications, including Excel, Word, Outlooks, and PowerPoint, to support procurement activities

Preferred Skills / Preferred Experience
✔ Advanced proficiency with electronic procurement (eProcurement) systems
✔ Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Purchasing or Business Management
✔ Experience supporting procurement operations within a government or public-sector environment, preferably within Indiana state government
✔ Professional procurement certification (e.g., CPPB, CPPO, CPSM, or prior DPAP)
✔ Experience procuring IT goods and services including software, hardware, and telecom