Electronic Purchasing Services Specialist

Pay $24.37 - $25.50 an hour

This position will be a strong advocate for consumers, ensuring and coordinating a process of continuous improvement, and involved in maintaining customer focus within the department. The incumbent participates in developing a leadership system based upon the Agency’s mission, values, and high-performance expectations and promotes performance results through implementing departmental work plan objectives and strategies related to the division’s strategic plan. The position is primarily responsible for day-to-day oversite and supervision of the Agency’s procurement card (P card) and various electronic purchasing platform programs.

Core Responsibilities

• Under general supervision, this position is responsible for overseeing the agency-wide procurement card (P-card) program.
• Under general supervision, this position is responsible for direct oversight of various electronic purchasing platform(s) programs utilized throughout the Agency for the purchase of supplies.
• Primary contact person for all questions relating to the Agency’s P card program as well as assigned Agency electronic purchasing platforms.
• Assist in establishing written agency P-card and other electronic purchasing platforms guidelines and procedures.
• Ensuring adherence to program guidelines, training, and tracking of all cardholders and authorized users, utilizing established guidelines and best practices to protect the program integrity.
• Processing authorized requests for P-cards and access to electronic purchasing platforms and maintaining controls for active cards, including but not limited to setting and changing card spend profiles, ordering cards, deactivating cards, adding and deleting users, and setting permissions.
• Conduct transaction reconciliations including card banking statements and p-cardholder statements.
• Communicating with the bank on identified fraudulent transactions.
• Participate and support internal requests for transaction documentation and reporting.
• Documenting the receipt and destruction of cards due to data breaches, cards no longer needed, and cards returned by terminating employees.
• Periodically reviewing agency employee reports and verifying terminated employees have been removed from programs.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• 2-3 years experience.
• Intermediate Computer Skills.
• Must have a valid NYS Driver’s License
  
  

Benefits

Our work environment provides the opportunity to grow and learn in a fast-paced atmosphere. We offer competitive benefits and salary to include a low-cost individual health insurance plan, dollar for dollar retirement match (up to 7%), life insurance, voluntary benefits and generous paid time off.

• Comprehensive Health/Dental/Vision
• Direct Deposit
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Retirement Plan 403(b)
• Life Insurance
• Voluntary Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Generous PTO Plans (Sick, Vacation and Employee Leave)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Service Awards
• Employee Appreciation Events
• Employee Discounts
  
  

Upstate Caring Partners is the premier provider of direct-care services and programs in Central New York for individuals of all abilities and their families. If you believe in empowering people, Upstate Caring Partners is an excellent place to start or grow your career. Please visit our careers website to access the full job description located within the job posting. upstatecpjobs.org

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