Lead Buyer Specialist & Team Lead - Remote

Virginia Community Colleges; Virginia (MN); Remote; USD 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Virginia Community Colleges seeks a Lead Buyer Specialist to guide a regional procurement team and manage purchases for 23 colleges and the Shared Services Center. This role emphasizes compliance, efficiency, and customer service in a dynamic state system.

The position reports to the Purchasing Supervisor and focuses on workload assignments, process improvements, and escalation handling to maximize student-focused outcomes while ensuring adherence to policies.

Qualifications

• Ability to execute simple to moderately complex purchases of supplies, equipment, and services.
• Proficiently use automated procurement systems (e-procurement) to review and process requisitions through to a purchase order and acknowledgment.
• Analyze quotes, bids and make appropriate purchasing decisions.
• Fully manage procurement process from need through purchase order, including order status and invoicing discrepancies.
• Exercise sound judgment, solve problems, and attend to detail in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
• Provide exceptional customer service to internal and external customers in a professional manner.

Responsibilities

• Receives demand signals and purchases goods and services up to the small purchase threshold.
• Ensures all purchases are performed accurately, timely and per state laws, policies, and VCCS rules.
• Employs best practices to improve performance, compliance, efficiency and effectiveness.
• Acts as a lead for the respective region to assign workload and be an escalation point.

Skills

Purchasing

Vendor outreach

Procurement systems

MS Office

Customer service

Leadership

Education

Virginia Contracting Associate (VCA) certification

Tools

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Job description

Virginia Community Colleges seeks a Lead Buyer Specialist to guide a regional procurement team and manage purchases for 23 colleges and the Shared Services Center. This role emphasizes compliance, efficiency, and customer service in a dynamic state system.

The position reports to the Purchasing Supervisor and focuses on workload assignments, process improvements, and escalation handling to maximize student-focused outcomes while ensuring adherence to policies.