Purchasing Officer II

Commonwealth of Kentucky; La Grange (KY); On-site; USD 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Department of Corrections seeks a Purchasing Officer II to perform technical administrative work for procurement and payments for goods and services. The role involves issuing quotes, creating and approving POs, and coordinating with departments to ensure compliant purchases.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree and at least two years of purchasing experience; CPPB/CPPO certifications can substitute for part of the education requirement.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree from a college or university.
• Two years of purchasing experience.
• Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: NONE.
• Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION rules: CPPB/CPPO certifications may substitute for years of college requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develops and issues request for quotes to vendors.
• Creates requisitions when expenditures exceed small purchase authority.
• Coordinates with departments for input to the contract requests.
• Creates delivery orders and purchase orders for purchases.
• Completes the purchase order, receives approval and forwards to the vendor for processing.
• Reviews requests for local purchases by phone or in writing and authorizes such purchases.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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9/16/2026 (11:59 PM ET)

Pay Grade

12

Salary

$38,854.56 Annually

Employment Type

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 40.0 HR/WK

Hiring Agency

Justice & Public Safety Cabinet | Department of Corrections

Location

1612 Dawkins Road
La Grange, KY 40031 USA

Description

The Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC), Division of Adult Institutions operates 13 correctionalfacilities that house Kentucky's adult inmate population. The mission of DOC is to protect the citizens of theCommonwealth and to provide a safe, secure and humane environment for staff and offenders in carrying out themandates of the legislative and judicial processes; and, to provide opportunities for offenders to acquireskills which facilitate non-criminal behavior.

We are hiring a Purchasing Officer II, which will play a vital role through performing technicaladministrative work for the procurement of and payments for goods and services.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Develops and issues request for quotes to vendors.
• Researches and creates requisitions for goods and non-professional services when the expendituresamount exceeds the agency's small purchase authority.
• Coordinates with various departments for input to the contract requests.
• Creates delivery orders and purchase order for purchases.
• Completes the purchase order, receives approval and forwards the approved purchase order to the vendorfor processing.
• Reviews request for local purchases by phone in in writing, authorizes such purchases in accordancewiththe model procurement code.

Minimum Requirements

EDUCATION: Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree.

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS: Two years of purchasing experience.

Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: NONE

Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: Experience in purchasing will substitute for the required college on a year for year basis. Certification with the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing as a Certified Professional Public Buyer (CPPB) will substitute for one year of the college requirement OR certification as a Certified Public Purchasing Officer (CPPO) will substitute for two years of the college requirement.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.): NONE

Working Conditions

Incumbents working in this job title perform duties in an office setting.

Probationary Period

This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.

If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Amy Ganschow at [e-mail]

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