Assistant Buyer
Assistant Buyer
Posted on :
10-04-2025
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Yearly Salary
$ 60024 - 74532
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
10-04-2025
Job Description
Bulletin
An equal opportunity employer fostering a workforce that embraces and reflects
the rich diversity of Los Angeles County
Assistant Buyer
$5002 to $6211 MonthlyOnline applications
must be submitted by:
4/21/2025
11:59 P.M. (Pacific)Retirement:
PERS Defined Benefit Plan
Paid Time Off:
12 vacation 15 holidays and 12 illness days.
The Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) is seeking an Assistant Buyer to assist in the Business Services Division under the Office of the Controller.
Under general supervision the Assistant Buyer researches compares purchases and/or negotiates to purchase materials supplies equipment services and provides travelrelated support for LACOE divisions and affiliates.
The Well Qualified Candidate Will Possess the Following
Knowledge:- Methods principles and practices of procurement/material management and governmental purchasing
- Provisions of the Education Public Contract Government and Civil Codes of the State of California pertaining to purchasing and purchasing procedures involved in obtaining informal and formal quotations and formal bids
- Product standards
- Products commodities and services used within one or more commodity groupings
- Methods and resources used in researching and analyzing commodities and services
- Competitive bid practices and procedures
- Current product status and general market conditions
- Basic accounting practices
- Methods used in evaluating vendor capability and performance
- Critical Thinking Analytically and logically evaluating information propositions and claims
- Fact Finding Obtaining facts and data pertaining to an issue or question
- Mathematical Facility Performing computations and solving mathematical problems
- Industry Monitoring Grasping the external political economic competitive and social factors affecting the industry
- Professional & Technical Expertise Applying technical subject matter to the job
- Using Technology Working with electronic hardware and software applications
- Action & Results Focus Initiating tasks and focusing on accomplishment
- Attention to Detail Focusing on the details of work content work steps and final work products
- Professional Integrity & Ethics Maintaining trust through honesty adherence to principles and personal accountability
- SelfManagement Showing personal organization selfdiscipline and dependability
- Customer Focus Attending to the needs and expectation of customers
- Teamwork Collaborating with others to achieve shared goals
- Cultural Proficiency Modeling communications and interactions that respect and include all individuals and their languages abilities religions and cultures
Experience:Two years of experience in purchasing or preparing specifications for the purchase of materials supplies and equipment.
Equivalency Provision:Two years of college (i.e. 60 semester or 90 quarter) units with coursework in purchasing business accounting public administration or other fields closely related to the job requirements of this classification from an institution of higher learning recognized by the Council of Higher Education Accreditation may substitute for one year of the required experience. Foreign degrees and credit units require translation and equivalency established by an agency recognized by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
Hybrid remote schedules may be available. To ensure the health and safety of its staff LACOE may require employees to provide evidence of full vaccination against COVID19.
Selection ProcessCandidates who meet the minimum requirements above will be invited to participate in an examination that may consist of a multiplechoice exam and oral interview.
ContactFor information about the examination process you may send an email to
Grace Weatrowski at
For general inquiries please call 562.803.8360 (Mon Fri 8:00 am 5:00 pm)
For complete application information please go to Personnel Commission 9300 Imperial Hwy ECAnnex Downey CA 90242
Additional InformationMinimum qualifications must be met by the close of filing date. For more information please go to https://lacoe/jobs/hr/classified. For additional information on our testing procedures please visitApplicant Resources on our website. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive examination process. Candidates who pass all exam parts are ranked according to overall exam score and placed on an eligibility (hiring) list. Vacant positions are filled from the top three ranks. Eligibility lasts for 12 months; however additional recruitment may occur under a separate bulletin with additional candidates being merged onto the eligibility list. Some positions that involve public contact may require bilingual proficiency for which selective certification may apply (Education Code 45277.5. In addition the eligibility list resulting from this examination may be used to fill vacancies in related job classifications for which no eligibility list exists (Education Code 45272. Veterans Credit may be awarded for entry jobs.
Reasonable accommodations in completing an application testing and employment are available to individuals with you would like to request an accommodation please call 562.803.8360 as early as possible.This examination is authorized asOpen open to the public.
Recruitment ID: 25LAC684
This announcement does not constitute an implied contract. Any part of this announcement is subject to change.
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