About the job Contract Administrator IV - IT Purchasing Specialist
Job SummaryAre you looking to apply your skills and utilize your experience to make a difference in our community? Are you motivated to collaborate with a diverse team of professionals to deliver new projects for our clients? Triangle is waiting for you to join our team!
This is a full-time position with Los Angeles Community College District. Working under the Director of Contracts, this position calls for an experienced IT Purchasing Specialist
that will be expected to provide planning, strategic recommendations, administration, and reporting for
a variety of IT purchasing needs in support of the LACCD Bond Program.
Responsibilities- Planning for a variety of IT related purchasing needs of the Bond Program.
- Effective coordination and communication with all stakeholders.
- Strategic recommendations for IT purchasing solutions and best practices.
- Compliance will all applicable legal requirements and LACCD policies/procedures
- Administration of the entire procurement process from preparing the appropriate solicitation
documents through contract execution, including any required action from the Board of
Trustees. - Supporting project management staff through the process of soliciting quotes, contract
compliance reviews, achieving required approvals, and issuance of purchase orders. - Monitoring IT purchasing contracts, purchase orders, solicitations and reporting on status.
Utilizing the District's ERP (currently SAP), the Bond Program's Project Management Information
System (currently Proliance, soon to be Trimble Unity Construct), and other internal access
database systems. - Coordination with the Foundation for California Community Colleges (FCCC), Department of
General Services (DGS), other eligible cooperative purchasing organizations, and other partner
public agencies to maximize LACCD's use of external contracts that specifically beneficial for IT
purchasing needs. - Responsibility for multiple concurrent procurement processes with various stakeholders.
- Work is fully in the PMO Office with no hybrid or remote opportunity in accordance with District
policy. - Any other tasks as needed under the direction of the Director of Contracts.
Required Experience:- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
- Bachelor's Degree (4 additional years of experience can be substituted)
- Familiarity with software licensing models (SaaS, subscription, perpetual) and related hardware
- Experience negotiating pricing and terms specific to IT goods and services contracting
- Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, SAP, and Adobe Acrobat
- Ability to exercise judgment and discretion and to set priorities and manage competing demands
- Demonstrate a reliable, responsive, and positive work ethic with the highest degree of integrity
- Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience with procurement subject to California Public Contract Codes
- Experience with electronic bidding platforms, specifically PlanetBids
- Knowledge of California Higher Education Codes
- Knowledge of California Community College Code
