Job Title: Purchasing Specialist/ Sourcing Analyst - Region 5
Location: Columbus OH 43229
Duration: 06+ months (possible extension)
Hours/week: 24 (three days)
Pay Rate: $32.00/hr on W2
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Solicits & evaluates proposals, makes recommendations & monitors supplier performance for a range of routine, established, customary requirements: ? Receives & opens formal bids & proposals in accordance with established procedures.
- Arranges delivery of samples & submissions from potential suppliers to evaluators.
- Interviews vendors, checks references, &/or visits suppliers' plants & distribution centers to examine, learn about, & evaluate products, services, prices, performance, & capabilities. Conducts routine evaluation process of multiple samples & submissions from potential suppliers.
- Evaluates suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production & distribution capabilities, & the supplier's reputation & history. Compiles information for Release & Permit &/or Controlling Board review & approval.
- Responds to follow-up requests from DAS & OBM to assist in disposition.
- Tracks status & follows up where needed. Works with requestor to establish specifications where products or services have multiple attributes that must satisfy a range of routine, established, customary requirements.
- Examines prepared description/specification of the need from program area & analyzes the need to determine proper level of detail is provided to be able to source good or service. Analyzes price proposals, financial reports, & other data & information to determine reasonable prices for expected scope, & to balance specifications, projected cost, & market availability to scope best fit. Verifies that goods & services meet specifications.
- Initiates vendor performance resolution.
- Researches & resolves routine customer & supplier disputes where parties do not agree regarding order status, changes, or cancellations.
- Creates routine requests for proposals for response by potential suppliers.
- Coordinates with requestor according to agency procedures to initiate formal CTV.
- Works with requestor to understand & scope need, including time & cost constraints of procurement engagement & other baseline expectations 2.
- Reviews, distributes & monitors requisitions, purchase orders & contracts: Makes recommendations concerning contract proposals & contract amendment proposals according to agency procedures Tracks contract status, controls contract versioning, & follows up where parties are unresponsive.
- Issues purchase orders for transactions outside of automated ERP systems.
- Distributes contracts & amendments to requestor & supplier.
- Obtains & applies proper financial codes (e.g., for split & proportional funding) 3. Identifies potential sources for goods & services: Provides mandatory use & compliance review that requires subjective interpretation &/or application (e.g., MBE/EDGE, OPI, OOD, CRP, OSS) ? Reviews catalogs, industry periodicals, directories, trade journals, & Internet sites, & consults with other department personnel to locate source options for goods & services.
- Customizes terms & conditions to fit specific needs & specifications.
- Creates supplier evaluation methods based on specifications fit, price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production & distribution capabilities, & the supplier's reputation & history. Posts & distributes opportunities to potential suppliers according to policies & procedures.
- Coordinates responses to solicitation questions with requestor & legal counsel.
- Coordinates travel arrangements including flights, hotels, & ground transportation.
- Researches flight or hotel availability (e.g., determines the best available price that meets traveler & agency needs & requirements)
Required Skills:
- Knowledge of public relations; sourcing principles; state & agency sourcing policies, procedures & regulations, ERP systems (e.g., OAKS FIN).
- Skill in operation of electronic devices (e.g., computer, tablet, cell phone); applicable software applications (e.g., spreadsheets, databases, word processing); OAKS BI reporting.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts & draw valid conclusions; gather, collate & classify information according to established method; calculate fractions, decimals & percentages; write routine business correspondence & reports following standard procedures; identify noncompliance & formulate response; give verbal instructions associated with sourcing procedures; develop & maintain good rapport with internal agency customers & vendors.
Required Education:
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22nd Century Technologies, Inc.
$32/hr. on w2 without benefits
Mar 17, 2026