Coordinator, Purchasing Supplier

Position Type: Administration and Professionals Date Posted: 2026-10-26 Location: Administration or As Assigned ABOUT CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is Ohio's third-largest public school system, serving more than 35,000 students. CMSD strives to ensure that every child receives a high-quality education, regardless of the provider. To that end, CMSD lets families choose which District schools their children attend, with options that include STEM, the arts, single-gender education, International Baccalaureate, Montessori, and early college. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing their school as a high-quality, high-expectation academic center focusing on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results. CMSD ensures that students have access to technology and training to prepare them for the future. The District provides a free laptop or tablet for every student and connects every family that needs internet access. Graduating seniors leave commencement with not only a diploma but also a laptop. In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we strive to ensure that all of our learners, both scholars and educators, to be challenged with academically and intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their efforts and provide them opportunities to demonstrate their best work. BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES The Cleveland Board of Education adopted the Building Brighter Futures (BBF) initiative on December 9, 2025. Building Brighter Futures is a strategic and data-driven plan shaped by more than a year of community engagement, information analysis, and thoughtful deliberation. The goal of this plan is to strengthen enrollment and ensure scholars attend a newer school building that offers more educational opportunities, including algebra in the eighth grade, more sports and extracurricular activities, and college credits and college and career pathways in high school. BBF is ensuring academic excellence so every CMSD scholar can thrive. THE OPPORTUNITY: Location: Administration or As Assigned Reports to: Director, Procure to Pay FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Salary Band: 5 Compensation: $54,920.00 - $76,888.00 The Purchasing Supplier Coordinator will be responsible for District-wide supplier administration, sourcing, buying and spend for goods and services under cooperative contracts and purchasing system catalogs on behalf of the District, which will ultimately lead to better outcomes for our schools and scholars. This position will report to the Manager, Procurement within the Executive Director, Financial Strategy, Sourcing, and Support organization of the Finance Division. ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Performs daily review, processing, updating and maintenance of supplier registration and supplier records (also known as supplier administration) and system catalogs transactions within purchasing systems and tools, including but not limited to ERP- Workday, Supplier Self-Service Portal, and ePayable platform Develops, maintains, monitors and improves use of purchasing system catalogs, concentrating on integrated and/or interfacing catalogs (e.g., Punchouts), supplier administration processes and ensures supplier administration and system catalogs are functioning in alignment with purchasing policies, procedures and system design Independently researches and actively identifies cooperative contract buying opportunities and provides support and guidance to internal stakeholders and suppliers for cooperative contract purchases Engages and cultivates end-user, stakeholder, and supplier relationships and partnerships Conducts training, education, and communication with end-users, stakeholders, and suppliers in support of supplier administration, supp…

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