PURCHASING ANALYST I Position Available In East Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Company:

City of Baton Rouge Location:

Baton Rouge, LA Career Level:

Associate Industries:

Government, Nonprofit, Education Description Job Announcement City of Baton Rouge/Parish of EBR Job Title :

PURCHASING ANALYST I

Type of Vacancy :

Promotional Job Opening No. : 2500160-1

Job Code :

1312

Work Location :

PURCHASING

Starting Salary :

$15.4880 Hourly / $32,215

Annually Pay Grade :

1160

Application Dates :

04/18/2025

• 04/24/2025

Application Times :

Friday 12 Noon•

Thursday NOTE:

Applicants using education to qualify for any job MUST attach a copy of their degree or transcript to their application at the time of applying. Applicants applying for any position that requires an official certification MUST attach a copy of that certification at the time of applying. Applicants MAY use experience as a substitution only if the minimum requirements indicates such. Failure to provide documentation of education, licenses, certifications, and courses may result in your application being REJECTED or a lower application score.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Under the close supervision and direction of the Senior Purchasing Analyst, performs technical work in the large scale purchasing of a wide variety of supplies, materials, and equipment in the centralized purchasing program of the City-Parish Government. Work involves soliciting, awarding, managing, and auditing one-time and annual contract purchases for a wide variety of commodities. Processes solicitationsfor goods or services exceeding the delegated authority of City-Parish Departments/Agencies. Employees of this class perform some duties with moderate independence and other duties under close supervision. Work is reviewed through observation of results obtained. Performs other work as requested.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree.

SUBSTITUTIONS

None.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES/REGISTRATIONS

(Unless otherwise specified below, must possess at the time of appointment and must be maintained current throughout employment in this classification.) None.

OTHER JOB ASPECTS

None.

SELECTIVE CERTIFICATION

Purchasing Promotional Only.

EXAMINATION

Professional examination required (may take up to 3 hours from test start time). Subject areas and other exam preparation information are available at: https://www.brla.gov/261/Examination-Preparation. Examinations are available on most Tuesdays, 8:30

• 9:00 am, check-in, Thursdays,
• 12:00
• 12:30 pm, and Fridays, 8:30
• 9:00 am check-in.

Please call Human Resources Recruiting and Examination at 389-3132 to confirm testing dates and times. Test check-in is on a first come-first served basis. There are occasions where the test room is filled to capacity and applicants are asked to return on another day for testing. Picture identification, proof of social security number and a completed online employment application are required for test room admittance.

• Where exam volume is expected to be high, check-in of applicants may begin as early as 11:30 am in order to complete the check-in process prior to the required 12:30 cut-off time.

APPLICATION NOTE

In your employment application, please include detailed information such as software and equipment used, documents produced, fiscal or legal duties performed, types of customer service provided, decisions made, guidelines followed, supervisory duties, etc. Failure to provide a detailed description of job duties may result in your application being rejected or a lower application score.

Note:

For the complete job specification, please visit www.brla.gov/hr.

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