Purchasing Officer II

Final date to receive applications

8/26/2026 (11:59 PM ET)

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Purchasing Officer II

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$38,093.28 Annually

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 40.0 HR/WK

Justice & Public Safety Cabinet | Department of Corrections

1612 Dawkins Rd
La Grange, KY 40031 USA

The Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC), Division of Adult Institutions operates 13 correctional facilities that house Kentucky's adult inmate population. The mission of DOC is to protect the citizens of the Commonwealth and to provide a safe, secure and humane environment for staff and offenders in carrying out the mandates of the legislative and judicial processes; and, to provide opportunities for offenders to acquire skills which facilitate non-criminal behavior.

We are hiring a Purchasing Officer II, which will play a vital role through performing technicaladministrative work for the procurement of and payments for goods and services.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Develops and issues request for quotes to vendors.
• Researches and creates requisitions for goods and non-professional services when the expendituresamount exceeds the agency's small purchase authority.
• Coordinates with various departments for input to the contract requests.
• Creates delivery orders and purchase order for purchases.
• Completes the purchase order, receives approval and forwards the approved purchase order to the vendorfor processing.
• Reviews request for local purchases by phone in in writing, authorizes such purchases in accordancewiththe model procurement code.

EDUCATION: Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree.

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR

SKILLS:

Two years of purchasing experience.

Substitute EDUCATION for

EXPERIENCE:

NONE

Substitute EXPERIENCE for

EDUCATION:

Experience in purchasing will substitute for the required college on a year for year basis. Certification with the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing as a Certified Professional Public Buyer (CPPB) will substitute for one year of the college requirement OR certification as a Certified Public Purchasing Officer (CPPO) will substitute for two years of the college requirement.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.): NONE

Incumbents working in this job title perform duties in an office setting.

This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.

If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Amy Ganschow schow

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D