Senior Procurement Analyst

Job Title: Senior Procurement Analyst
Salary: $6,840.00 - $9,471.00 Monthly
$82,080.00 - $113,652.00 Annually
Work Location: Los Angeles, California
Opening Date: 11/27/23
Closing Date: 12/18/23
Exam Number: R9820A
Type of Recruitment: Open & Promotional Opportunity
ABOUT THE COURT
Los Angeles Superior Court is the largest unified trial court in the United States. Its 580 judges and commissioners work in one of the 40 facilities within the Court's 12 judicial districts and are supported by more than 4,500 full-time Court employees. The Court has an annual budget of more than $1 Billion. Located in Southern California, Los Angeles County is geographically one of the nation's largest counties, covering 4,084 square miles and, with over 10,400,000 residents, is also one of its most populous counties.
ABOUT THE POSITION
Typically reporting to a Principal Procurement Analyst or a Procurement Administrator, Senior Procurement Analyst is the journey-level professional class in the Procurement Analyst series. Incumbents are responsible for solicitations and participate in performing high-value and/or high-risk procurement and contracting activities. Incumbents are accountable for ensuring that, in their areas of assigned responsibility, the Court's business needs for goods and services are met in a timely, efficient manner, in compliance with requirements of the Judicial Branch Contract Law, the Public Contract Code, and other legal requirements. Incumbents in this class may also perform liaison duties with the Court's contracting and procurement partners, as part of coordinating the Shared Procurement Services Program. Incumbents typically provide technical guidance to lower-level procurement and contract administration staff and are authorized to approve purchase orders up to their authority limits.
For a detailed job description, please click here. Please note the requirements in the job description may vary from the requirements in the bulletin. Applicants must meet requirements stated in this bulletin.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Graduation from a four-year college or university with a major in public or business administration, finance, operations management, or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience in risk assessment, legislative analysis, purchasing and/or contracting for supplies, equipment, materials or services, preferably in a court or other governmental agency.
-OR-
Graduation from an accredited law school and one (1) year of experience in risk assessment, legislative analysis, purchasing and/or contracting for supplies, equipment, materials or services, preferably in a court or other governmental agency.
-OR-
Two (2) years of experience at the level of a Procurement Analyst for the Los Angeles Superior Court.
DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS:

• Demonstrated experience with Judicial Branch purchasing practices.
• Demonstrated experience with cooperative purchasing practices.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to understand contracting pricing and terms.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Work, Outlook)
• Experience with SAP
• Ability to effectively communicate and work cooperatively with court/county employees, vendors, governmental agencies, and the general public.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Licenses; Certificates; Special Requirements:
A valid California Class C driver's license or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

Physical Class
(2) Physical Class II - Light Work
This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort, which may include occasional light lifting to a 10 pound limit, and some bending, stooping or squatting. Standing and walking for considerable periods is required.
EXAMINATION INFORMATION:
Part I: Qualifying evaluation of education, training, and experience based upon submitted application materials and supplemental questionnaire.
Part II: Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be invited to participate in the examination process that may consist of any combination of written, performance, or oral appraisal to further evaluate job-related experience, knowledge, skills and abilities.
No person may complete this assessment more than once every 12 months.
**Degree Verification for Option I: A legible copy of your college diploma -OR- transcript(s) (unofficial are acceptable) with the degree posted from the college or university must be submitted within 5 business days from application submission.
Documentation may be submitted as follows:
As an attachment to your online application. Attachment should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format and not exceed 10 MB;
For a list of acceptable accredited institutions or international universities, please visit http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation, www.chea.org/search, or http://whed.net/home.php.
Foreign studies must be evaluated by an academic credential evaluation agency and deemed to be equivalent to degrees from the United States. For a list of acceptable evaluation agencies, please visit www.naces.org or http://aice-eval.org/members/. Foreign studies submitted without acceptable evaluation will be rejected.
APPLICATION and FILING INFORMATION:
Applications may only be filed online. To learn how to apply online, please access the Online Employment Application Guide. Los Angeles Superior Court reserves the right to verify all submitted documentation prior to appointment. The Court will only consider completed applications submitted, along with the required documents, and will reject incomplete applications. A resume will not substitute for a fully completed employment application. To facilitate the full and proper consideration of your work experience, clearly specify what professional experience meets the required job qualifications. When listing your work experience, please specify the beginning and end dates for each job you held and describe your experience for each position.
Please provide a current and accurate e-mail address for the Court to communicate with you about this job opportunity. Human Resources staff will notify all applicants of their application status via e-mail. We recommend that you add info@governmentjobs.com to your safe senders list to avoid the notification being filtered as spam mail.
Los Angeles Superior Court is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the recruitment process can contact the email address provided below. For additional employment information, please click here.
Questions regarding this posting may be emailed to aarana@lacourt.org
WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process has been completed. Applicants who successfully pass each (and all) examination part(s) will be placed on an eligible list which will remain valid for up to one year. Other vacancies may be filled using this list.
Exam #R9820A
Senior Procurement Analyst
Applications may be submitted online at www.lacourt.org
OR via the HR computer kiosk at
Los Angeles Superior Court
Human Resources Administration
111 N. Hill Street, Room 203
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Employment Type: Full-Time