Procurement Specialist Hybrid

Brooksville
2379 Broad Street
Brooksville, FL 34604, USA

Help protect one of Florida’s most vital resources — water — with a career at the Southwest Florida Water Management District (District).

The District is a government agency whose mission is to protect water resources, minimize flood risks, and ensure the public’s water needs are met. We serve a population of nearly 6million people in west-central Florida as directed by state law.

Support our Procurement Office by using your expertise in public sector purchasing. With this opportunity, you'll have the chance to procure supplies, materials, services, and equipment necessary for the District to operate in a manner that is responsive, promotes integrity and fairness, and encourages diversity. The Procurement Specialist confers with vendors to obtain product or service information, such as price, availability, and delivery schedule, administers procurement-related policies and procedures, and provides work direction and training to internal customers.

You’ll have the chance to work with a wide range of project managers, internal customers and a fun and welcoming Procurement team.

The District supports employees who prefer flexible schedule or a remote work schedule so that they can enjoy their time outside of the District through work-life balance. This role is considered hybrid, which means the employee will be required to come on-site for periodic meetings and work a portion of their time remotely (must live in Florida). Come build a career that is challenging, fulfilling, and helps support the District’s mission to protect Florida’s water resources.

This position specifically has the ability to work up to three (3) days remote after successful three (3) months.

District employees are offered an excellent total rewards package that includes

• 9 paid holidays (+ 1 floating holiday)
• Generous vacation and sick leave
• Paid Parental Leave, including Maternity, Bonding and Family Supportive Work Program
• Medical and dental insurance (91- 97% District paid)
• Vision insurance
• Deferred compensation Program
• Basic and voluntary life and AD&DD insurance
• Long-term disability (District Paid)
• Health savings & flexible spending accounts
• Flexible schedule for Work-life balance
• Legal and Identity Theft protection
• Wellness program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Transfer in years of service for other public sector work – towards the FRS program and sick time

• Verify needs with District staff and negotiate prices, terms, discounts, services, delivery, and transportation with vendors for goods and services consistent with applicable federal and state laws and District policies and procedures. Develop requests for quotes/bids/proposals, conduct pre-bid meetings, openings and debriefings, coordinate questions, answers, and addenda. Evaluate suppliers, negotiate contracts and review product/service quality. Apply, interpret, and adhere to relevant laws, legal codes, government regulations, and District rules, procedures and practices.
• Determine or recommend method of procurement, such as direct purchase or bid. Prepare bid specifications, receive bids, and make purchases of commodities or goods.
• Recommend procurement process; draft, evaluate and finalize agreements of varying types, such as non-disclosure, sales/purchase, sub-contract, consulting, license, distribution, commercial and public contracting, construction, cooperative funding or other agreements as needed. Review procurement and contractual terms and conditions proposed by other internal and external stakeholders. Investigate new sources of supply and environmentally preferable products and services by gathering…