{"id":7654,"date":"2014-10-10T15:32:11","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T19:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/?p=7654"},"modified":"2014-10-10T15:32:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T19:32:11","slug":"job-of-the-week-101014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=7654","title":{"rendered":"Job of the Week 10\/10\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we are highlighting a Buyer (<a title=\"Posting #0241\" href=\"https:\/\/jobs.msu.edu\/userfiles\/jsp\/shared\/generalFunctionArea\/PrintableTabbedObject.jsp?time=1412969458187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Posting #0241<\/a>) in Purchasing. This position procures moderately complex commodities, equipment, materials or services in accordance with the university&#8217;s purchasing policies and procedures; duties of this position include: evaluates purchase requisitions for clarity of specifications; determines prospective suppliers for bid solicitations; requests competitive quotations; prepares analyses of supplier quotations; negotiates contracts; issues purchase orders; maintains appropriate procurement documentation for review and audit purposes; meets with suppliers regarding service expectations and performance; represents University Services at supplier and client events, both on- and off-campus; interacts with accounts payable staff to resolve invoice discrepancies and amend purchase orders.<\/p>\n<p>For a complete description of this position, and to view all of our current postings, please go to <a title=\"www.jobs.msu.edu\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jobs.msu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.jobs.msu.edu<\/a> and select Support Staff under the Fast Jobs Search.<a href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/msu-jobs_shield.jpg?resize=150%2C152\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-623\" src=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/msu-jobs_shield.jpg?resize=150%2C152\" alt=\"MSU Jobs Icon\" width=\"150\" height=\"152\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we are highlighting a Buyer (Posting #0241) in Purchasing. This position procures moderately complex commodities, equipment, materials or services in accordance with the university&#8217;s purchasing policies and procedures; duties of this position include:&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=7654\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> Job of the Week 10\/10\/14<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-1Zs","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}