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Purchasing Manager at Lake County Schools Consortium

Lake County Schools Consortium · Lincoln Center, United States Of America · Onsite

2025-09-13 14:00:00.0

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Purchasing Manager

JobID: 4611

Position Type:
Administrator Ops

Date Posted:
9/12/2025

Location:
Lincoln Center

Closing Date:
09/22/2025

District:
Waukegan Community Unit District 60

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Who We Are:
Waukegan Community Unit School District No. 60 serves nearly 15,500 students in preschool through grade 12 and is located halfway between Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Michigan. The District has 1 early learning center, 15 elementary schools, five middle schools and a high school program divided between two 9^th – 12^th grade campuses. The District encompasses portions of Waukegan, Beach Park and Park City.

Why We Do This Work:
The Waukegan Community Unit School District No. 60 has set an ambitious agenda for change, guided by the belief that all children, regardless of circumstances, can achieve at high levels and academic gaps can, and will be eliminated with the support of teachers who deliver engaging, relevant, and academically rigorous instruction that excites students and instills a love of learning in them.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The Purchasing Manager will be directly responsible to the Director of Grants and Budgets.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for coordinating the rental of all school facilities in compliance with School Board policies;
Responsible for periodic auctions of surplus and obsolete property, by using internet and traditional processes;
Maintains an appropriate professional relationship with vendors and conducts themselves in an ethical manner both in appearance and in fact;
Coordinates all aspects of the annual catalog purchases for the start of each school year;
Originates and manages all formal bids for any school district needs;
Develops and coordinates a format and process for procurement of services through requests for proposals or qualifications;
Develops innovative procedures for field purchases of maintenance and custodial supplies in urgent situations;
Solicit interested, capable vendors to provide services and supplies, and maintain official vendor bid lists by commodity codes;
Develops and disseminates written guidelines and supporting forms to support a competitive purchasing culture and trains school and department staff in competitive purchasing;
Monitors aged, open purchase orders, and periodically cancels unfilled purchase orders, and reorder with new vendors, if necessary;
Establishes and manages a multi-level competitive purchasing plan, which ensures that requisitions are converted to purchase orders and best price and quality issues are documented;
Maintain and monitor automatic fixed asset inventory system in CIMS;
Accomplish other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Bachelors Degree in a business related field;
Three to five years experience as a purchasing agent responsible for all aspects of purchasing for a school district or other government entity;
Experience supervising staff;
Must be proficient in main frame and office software, such as Excel and Word.

Note: The above statements are intended to describe the essential functions and related requirements of persons assigned to this job. They are not intended as an exhaustive list of job duties, responsibilities, and requirements.

Salary: Per Non-Contract Administrators Salary Structure

Additional Information: None

Application Deadline: Candidates must submit an online application by the closing date.

Only online applications will be considered for interviews.
Apply: www.wps60.org

Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 offers employment opportunities
without regard to age, gender, race, gender identity, color, national origin, religion, marital or military/veteran status, sexual
orientation, pregnancy, parental status, genetics, disability or other protected category.

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