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ASSISTANT PURCHASING AGENT
DEPARTMENT: Purchasing GRADE: H10 non-exempt
LOCATION: Warehouse DATE: August 15, 2025
GENERAL PURPOSE:
Responsible for assisting the purchasing agent in purchasing supplies,
equipment, and materials for City of Iola
departments and performing maintenance on buildings and grounds.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Works under the supervision of the Purchasing Agent.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
? Assists the purchasing agent in his duties.
? Reviews and examines purchase requests from other departments.
? Assists in purchasing supplies, equipment, and materials for
departments of Iola City government.
? Receives vendor invoices, approves, and bills to appropriate
department budgets.
? Assists in writing bid specifications for supplies, materials and
equipment required by the City.
? Accounts for inventory utilities and warehouse departments and assists
in maintaining records of ordered
supplies.
? Converse with salespersons.
? Calls in the Kansas One-Calls, organizes and coordinates with each
department.
? Performs semi-skilled building maintenance such as painting, plumbing,
carpentry.
? Performs grounds maintenance such as mowing and trimming.
? Maintains current skills and knowledge in the proper and safe
techniques of building and grounds
maintenance functions.
? Performs custodial work such as required and assigned, including;
change light bulbs and fluorescent tubes;
sweep floors; mop; buff non-carpeted areas; dump garage and reline cans
with liners; clean and sanitize
restrooms and replenish supplies; sweep; clean spills; tables, walls,
fixtures, blinds, light fixtures; etc. dust
furniture; wash windows.
? Collects and disposes of solid waste from buildings and grounds; picks
up litter from premises.
? Opens and closes (locks and unlocks) facilities as needed.
? Performs related work as required.
DESIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and Experience:
? Graduation from a high school or GED equivalent.
? Experience in connection with the purchasing of supplies for medium
size organization or any equivalent
combination of education, which the person can derive knowledge of
purchasing practices and product
knowledge.
Necessary Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
? Ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship
with supervisors and city workers.
? Knowledge of the organization and administration of a system of
centralized municipal purchasing.
? Knowledge of modern purchasing practices.
? Knowledge of laws, ordinances and regulations in conjunction with the
Citys purchasing policy.
? Working knowledge of all departments purchasing needs.
? Working knowledge of computers (word and excel).
? Some knowledge of equipment, materials and supplies used in building
and grounds maintenance; working
knowledge of equipment and supplies used to do repairs; working
knowledge of first aid and applicable
safety precautions.
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? Ability to work independently and to complete daily activities
according to work schedule.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
? Should be aware of safety regulations.
? Valid Kansas State drivers license and clean MVR.
? Subject to City of Iola Drug and Alcohol Policy.
? Must have telephone service for emergency contact.
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED:
Personal computer, @typewriter, phone, two-way radio, fax, copy machine
and various office equipment.
Vehicles, forklift, lawn mowers, trimmers and misc. warehouse equipment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that
must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While
performing the duties of this job, the
employee is regularly required to use fingers and hands to handle, feel,
or operate objects, tools, or controls and
reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to talk, hear, and
smell. The employee is required to
walk, stand, sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/ crawl.
The employee is required to frequently
walk/climb stairs and ladders. The employee must frequently lift and/or
move up to 25 pounds and occasionally
lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by
this job include close vision, distance
vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the
ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Work environment characteristics described here are representative of
those an employee encounters while
performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations
may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing
the duties of this job, the
