Procurement Specialist 2 - Iowa Veterans Home

The Iowa Veterans Home is now accepting applications to fill a Procurement Specialist 2 position to coordinate purchasing for the Iowa Veterans Home. The successful candidate will review and evaluate all departmental purchase requests and support the purchasing team as the lead worker in the Purchasing Office.

• Lead strategies and initiative to determine best practices with state contracts, federal contracts, targeted small businesses, non-contractual request and personal service contract agreements.
• Lead negotiations with vendors for best pricing and service.
• Assist the agency with credit card issues, policies and procedures, competitive bidding, state contracts, dollar limitation and travel.
• Maintain records to confirm all vendors are compliant with all purchases and services.
• Provide support to Purchasing staff as the Lead Worker in the Purchasing office.

What we offer as a full time Iowa Veterans Home employee:

• Team oriented, positive work environment
• Opportunity for professional growth and development
• Paid time off (sick leave and vacation) plus nine paid holidays per year
• Medical and Dental Insurance Benefits:

• Optional flexible spending accounts for health and dental expenses, and dependent care
• $20,000 basic life insurance at no cost
• Exceptional retirement package: IPERS (Iowa Public Employee Retirement System)
• Optional 401(a) Plan with employee contribution: The State makes match contributions into the employee’s selection of investments in a 401(a) employer match account. The match is $1 for every $1 contributed up to a $75 monthly maximum.
• Lactation rooms throughout our campus
• Wellness Program: Onsite fitness center available to staff 24/7 for only $36 per year

E-Verify and Right to Work

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visitwww.e-verify.gov.

1. Six years of full-time work experience in the procurement of technical, standardized, expendable, and non-expendable items.
2. Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in business or public administration, accounting, or economics, and experience equal to two years of full-time work in the procurement of technical, standardized, expendable, and non-expendable items.
3. A total of six years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in number one), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience.
4. Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes eighteen months of full-time work as a Procurement Specialist 1.