Purchasing Agent - South Mountain Restoration Center

Overview

THE POSITION:
Are you looking for a place where your procurement skills will truly shine? As a Purchasing Agent with South Mountain Restoration Center, you will help keep the facility running smoothly each day. You will support residents and staff by ensuring the center has the materials and services it requires. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys detailed work and steady routines.

Join a mission‑driven team that values responsibility and readiness.

This role supports the full purchasing process for essential goods and services that keep the facility operating. You will handle detailed procurement tasks and work with vendors, staff, and purchasing systems.

Duties include:

• Procurement Preparation:
  Review purchase requests and prepare documents for goods, services, and vendor contracts
• Vendor Coordination:
  Contact vendors to obtain price quotes, place orders, and track shipments
• Document Verification:
  Check procurement forms, bids, and supporting materials for completeness and accuracy
• Record Maintenance:
  Maintain organized files with purchase requests, quotes, and required documentation
• Contract Support:
  Provide staff with current information on state contracts for needed items
• Bid Processing:
  Prepare invitations for bid proposals, identify vendors, and review results to award purchases

• Full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week
• Work hours:
  
  8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday – Friday, with a 30-minute lunch; may change based on operational needs
• Telework:
  Not available for this position
• Salary:
  Starting salary may be non‑negotiable in some cases
• Free parking
• Communication will be sent via email. Please check your email, including spam/junk folders.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Three years of experience in purchasing involving contact with vendors for procurement of a variety of supplies, materials, equipment, or services; or
• Three years of experience in requisitioning, receiving, storing, distributing, and maintaining inventory of goods; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training. Post-high school education may substitute on a year‑for‑year basis for purchasing or stores experience to a maximum of two years.

• You must meet Pennsylvania residency requirements.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination.
• This position falls under the Older Adult Protective Services Act. Under the Act, a conditional offer will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports (PA State Police and FBI clearance).

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed; information must be provided on the application (relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If claiming education, attach college transcripts (unofficial transcripts acceptable).
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date; late applications will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with application requirements may eliminate you from consideration.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Generative AI tools may be used for preparation only. Do not use AI to misrepresent information or during interviews.

• Pennsylvania law provides employment preference for qualified veterans. For more information, visit the PA employment site.

• 711 (for hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, discuss your request with the interviewer in advance. The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and values diversity and inclusion. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other protected category.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center.
• Your score is based on the information provided on your application and in response to supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information; otherwise, your score may be lower than deserved or you may be disqualified.
• You may apply/test only once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.