Fleet Purchasing Specialist

Fleet Purchasing Specialist

The Town of Vail is now hiring a Fleet Purchasing Specialist. Hiring Range : $30.58 / hour - $38.23 / hour (depending on experience). Salary Range : $30.58 / hour - $45.88 / hour. Position Summary : Join the Fleet Team today as a Fleet Purchasing Specialist in a highly cohesive team. This role is very engaging, with responsibility for acquiring parts, supplies, and materials to support vehicle and equipment operations and maintenance. You will need to implement and maintain an inventory control system for parts, fuel, equipment, and major projects. This role has efforts for reporting on restocking orders and fleet specific tasks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

PURCHASING :

• Administers the TOV Fleet purchasing system including order analysis for terms, discounts, credits, and taxes. Researches and resolves billing disputes. Manages contract payments for timely compliance for retainage, retainage release, inverted PO's, packing slips, invoice systems, and annual purchase orders.
• Procures parts and supplies from vendors through competitive pricing, specification writing, bidding, and negotiating. Establishes economic balance on hand levels and automatic reorder points based on utilization and equipment down-time analysis.
• Orders all parts for the Fleet Division and assists in Public Works purchasing as requested. Stocking a wide variety of consumables for cross departmental needs.

INVENTORY CONTROL :

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT :

Skills / Requirements

Vail is a guest service oriented and resort destination community. We realize that to set the standard for world-class alpine resorts, our employees make all the difference! That is why we are looking for passionate individuals who strive for excellence in all that they do. Qualified applicants must have strong verbal communication skills & pride themselves in providing the best guest service.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Education, Experience and Certificates

Culture / Lifestyle / Benefits

Are you interested in living and working in Vail, CO? Vail, which is centrally located in the Rocky Mountains, offers easy access to Denver (100 miles to the east) and is surrounded by the White River National Forest, offering world class outdoor activities in summer and winter (skiing, snowboarding, hiking, biking, white water).

When asked, most of our employees say that working for the Town of Vail feels like family. Our values-based culture is nurtured by the employees' strong desire to foster teamwork, take ownership in Vail's future and an overall pride for serving their community. Let's not forget that our efforts not only benefit the community but also allow us to enjoy the spectacular amenities and culture in the Vail Valley which we call home! To find out more about our community, please visit our website www.vailgov.com and click on Vail Information.

The Town of Vail offers an excellent benefits and compensation package to our Full-time employees. This includes health and dental coverage, town-funded retirement, 457 pre-tax savings plan, life / survivor insurance, tennis pass, golf pass and other ski pass / wellness benefits.

What's more, the town offers many other benefits to help employees make Vail their "home" including employee housing options, home buyer / renter assistance programs, day care assistance, education reimbursements, professional development opportunities and much, much more.