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Description
King County’s Finance and Business Operations Division, Procurement & Payables section, is seeking a Sourcing / Procurement / Purchasing Lead (Contract Specialist III) on the Goods & Services team!
About Procurement & Payables: Our value stream begins with purposeful procurement planning, incorporates strategic sourcing, a streamlined solicitation process, and post award metrics to ensure that our contracts are providing the quality, cost, delivery, and service we expect. We leverage people, process, and technology to achieve these outcomes. Our Goods and Services staff is responsible for procuring materials, supplies, equipment, and services in support of King County's operational needs. We are looking for staff members who exhibit a strong sense of team-oriented camaraderie and who understand and wholly embrace the value and importance of providing outstanding customer service to both internal and external customers. We need employees who aren't afraid to bring creative ideas and suggestions to the workplace and have a keen ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with their customers and co-workers.
Requirements
Lead Procurement staff in establishing and administering contracts for agency use, which includes:
- Distributing and overseeing workload
- Resolving contract and procurement issues
- Providing training to staff and customers
- Leading business process improvement projects
- Coaching, mentoring and leading staff to high levels of professional development, productivity, and performance, and Participating in performance evaluations
- Interact closely with agency staff throughout King County, and work with suppliers and contractors to ensure that county business is conducted openly, inclusively, and provides the best value
- Develop alternative contracting methods and develop appropriate procurement and contract documents
- Exercise independent judgment and initiative when working on issues where established guidelines or procedures may not exist
- Determine bidding requirements, selection criteria and general terms and conditions
- Develop scope of work and specifications with clients
- Prepare contract terms and conditions for execution
- Facilitate contract negotiations
- Hold evaluation meetings, interviews, proprietary meetings, and debriefs with consultants and County staff
- Support spend analysis and benchmarking for best practices at the category level
- Support proactive procurement forecasting in conjunction with our agencies
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, contract terms, policies, and procedures
- Have critical thinking skills and bring techniques to reduce waste and increase efficiency
Application Process
The recruitment for this position is open to all qualified candidates. A completed King County Application is required. Applicants from this recruitment may be used to fill future opportunities in this job classification. We highly recommend that you also provide a resume and cover letter addressing how you meet the minimum qualifications and why you are interested in this position. The selection process consists of different phases: screening interview, virtual interview, and if successful, pre-hire reference checking. For some positions, additional phases may also include skill testing, writing samples or additional interviews. Candidates will be updated on the status of their application via the email address used to apply. Each phase is set for a specific day. Different times will be available for those days only. Please reach out to the contact below to confirm dates. Rescheduling interviews may not be possible and may remove you from consideration if unavailable.
Note: Online applications are preferred. However, if you cannot apply online, go to www.kingcounty.gov/jobs for other options.
Contact Info
Name: Michael Castro
Email: mcastro@kingcounty.gov
Closing Date: August 3, 2025