Provides guidance to staff on proper methods of procurement in accordance with the state procurement law, rules, policies, and practices. Executes and manages projects as assigned by the agency director or designee to accomplish the agencys strategic plans, goals, vision, mission and values. Ensures all reviewed documents are in compliance with state law and agency guidelines. Supervises a team of staff by interviewing and recommending for hire/termination, training, assigning and reviewing work, counseling, and evaluating the performance of incumbents. Ensures information is applied correctly in the Arkansas Administrative Statewide Information System (AASIS); researches and compiles reports from AASIS entries. Provides consultation regarding acquisition of equipment, assists departments in coordinating and preparing specifications for major projects, advises departments on purchasing procedures, and solves complex purchasing problems. Plans and coordinates the distribution of purchase requests and bids, reviews work assignments for accuracy, assists buyers in specialty areas, and communicates to staff the state and agency/university purchasing procedures. Meets with vendors concerning new products, notifies vendors of purchasing policies, evaluates vendor performance, and composes vendor complaints to forward to state purchasing office. Prepares various activity reports, prepares minority vendor report, submits information for budget reports, updates item files for mechanized accounting system and trains personnel to submit orders electronically to companies. Serves on advisory committees on purchasing policies, attends seminars to maintain updates to purchasing policies, attends staff meetings, and serves as liaison to coordinate procurement activities. Interprets and disseminates legislation, policies, and procedures and ensures state agency/institution compliance. Performs other duties as assigned.