PURCHASING ANALYST - 60021052 1

Requisition No: 885823 Agency: Children and Families Working Title: PURCHASING ANALYST - 60021052 1 Pay Plan: Career Service Position Number: 60021052 Salary: 50,301.94 Posting Closing Date: 10/21/2026 Total Compensation Estimator Tool PURCHASING ANALYST Department of Children and Families Tallahassee, Florida ANTICIPATED VACANCY Annual Salary: $50,301.94 WHAT YOU WILL DO: This position effectively processes procurement transactions and coordinates activities to meet business needs of the Department, through purchasing strategies, policies, and procedures. Responsibilities include demonstrating accuracy and thoroughness by interpreting and approving purchase transactions for proper coding, contract utilization, cost comparison, support justification, special routing requirements and available market resources; acquisition of technical and specialized commodities and services through procurement system platforms including MyFloridaMarketPlace (MFMP) and the State Purchasing Card Program (Works); and professional development coordination by conducting new and continuous purchasing agent training to enhance task responsibilities in a manner that will achieve unit business objectives. Incumbent will promote improvement, efficiency, and effectiveness of procurement activities by providing guidance on procurement rule, policy, and procedure to customers; and maintain and review records of items purchased in a concise, descriptive, cohesive, and well written manner. HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT: Provide technical and administrative assistance to Headquarters and Regional staff on purchasing issues. Conduct research and provide interpretations of policies and regulations relating to purchasing issues. Provide training through available media resources (phone, email, Teams) to support individual schedules alleviating urgent requirements with new and current staff to enhance task responsibilities in a manner that will achieve unit business objectives. QUALIFICATIONS: Experience in professional purchasing or procurement. Experience with each of the following: data collection activities; Microsoft, Excel, Word, Outlook; providing written and verbal communication. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES Knowledge of the methods of data collection and analysis. Knowledge of basic management principles and practices. Ability to collect, evaluate and analyze data to develop alternative recommendations, solve problems, document workflow and other activities relating to the improvement of operational and management practices. Ability to organize data into logical format for presentation in reports, documents, and other written materials. Ability to conduct fact-finding research. Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques. Ability to work independently. Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures relating to operational and management analysis activities. Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others. Knowledge of flowcharting techniques. Skill in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint), Adobe Products and e-learning software. Candidate Profile (application) must be completed in its entirety. Include supervisor names and phone numbers for all periods of employment. Account for and explain any gaps in employment so that the hiring process is not delayed. Experience, education, training, knowledge, skills and/or abilities as well as responses to pre-qualifying questions must be verifiable to meet the minimum qualifications. It is unacceptable to use the statement “See Resume” in place of entering work history. If you experience problems applying online, please call the People First Service Center at (877) 562-7287. BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA: Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highl…

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