* Contract Oversight & Compliance: Manages GS Facilities, Fleet, Mail/Print, and Warehouse contracts, ensuring contractor compliance with specifications and quality standards while building strong vendor relationships.* Solicitation Development Support: Collaborates with management to identify business needs and assist with bids, RFPs, RPSs, and quotes.* Contract Management: Oversees multiple term contracts, including budgeting, purchase review, spending analysis, amendments, and management reporting.* Procurement Partnership: Works with Procurement to draft specifications, prepare bids, attend vendor meetings, and support full contract development and execution.* Procurement Knowledge & Ethics: Applies expertise in cooperative purchasing, sole/single sourcing, and waivers; supports ethical and transparent contracting practices.* Lead Internal Purchasing Processes: Oversees and supports contract and purchasing workflows, including purchase requests, change orders, invoices, and P-Card systems.* Team Guidance & Liaison Role: Mentors Contracts & Budget Team members and ensures consistent purchasing practices across General Services.* Procurement Support: Assists with quotes, insurance updates, and purchase requisitions.* Relationship Building: Develops strong internal and external partnerships, including vendor relations.* Process Improvement & Implementation: Supports business process improvements and executes directives from leadership., or related fields **AND**two (2)years of job-related experience. - **-OR-** Six (6) years of professional job-related experience can be substituted at management discretion for the required education.* Contract management and procurement experience.* Advance experience with Microsoft Excel.**Starting Pay Range:** **$56,139.20 - $60,008.00****/annually,** based on your experience.* Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! Choose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!* For more information about employee benefits, please for additional information.* Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms at multiple Sarasota County Government locations.* Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)****
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