Purchasing Coordinator

ACC Careers: Where You Can Move Mountains

Nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains sits one of the oldest community colleges in Colorado, Arapahoe Community College. With a rich history of educational excellence, ACC embraces a culture that values diversity, individualized support, and unwavering commitment to student success, without exception.

Job Summary

Join a mission-driven institution where your expertise in procurement and compliance can make a lasting impact. Arapahoe Community College is looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Procurement & Travel Card Program Coordinator to support critical purchasing operations, ensure compliance with state regulations, and manage key financial programs that directly support faculty, staff, and students.

In this role, you’ll evaluate and process purchase requests in alignment with state procurement rules and institutional policies, manage both formal and informal solicitations, and serve as a key liaison between internal departments and vendors. You’ll oversee the college’s travel card program, including training, audits, and issue resolution, and assist with the procurement card (Pcard) program and Official Functions processing. This position also involves reconciling discrepancies in purchasing documents, maintaining audit-ready records, preparing required reports, and fostering cross-functional collaboration to improve procurement processes and ensure compliance. Your ability to interpret regulations, build internal relationships, and leverage state price agreements will help drive efficient, value-added purchasing across campus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or other closely related field OR four years of purchasing, accounting, or business processes experience may substitute for the required degree but will not count towards the experience requirement below.
• Two years of professional purchasing experience.
• Higher education experience or experience managing programs requiring detailed analysis.
• Familiarity with the State of Colorado Procurement and Fiscal Rules.
• Analytical thinking and problem solving skills combined with excellent customer service.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Five years of experience working in higher education purchasing.
• Experience managing fleet cards, purchasing cards, corporate purchasing, or credit cards.
• Experience using Banner and CORE.
• Progressive professional experience in procurement, accounting or other business related field that demonstrates progressively increasing professional level work.
  
  

Application Instructions

All Applicants Must Submit

• Resume
• Detailed letter of interest (cover letter) addressing the job announcement. Please include any experiences you may have embedding equity and inclusion in your work, see below.
  
  

At ACC we seek to hire candidates that demonstrate a commitment to and experience with embedding equity and inclusion into their professional role. Please address this specifically in your cover letter explaining what diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) means to you and how you may have incorporated DEI into your current or previous professional responsibilities.

Reach out to us at HRrecruitment@arapahoe.edu if you have any questions.

ACC seeks applicants who understand and have first-hand experience working with diverse populations, which may include but are not limited to, historically marginalized populations such as people of color, LGBTQ community members, veterans, first generation graduates, and people with disabilities.

Notice to all Applicants

• Final candidate will be subject to successful completion of a background check, and, if applicable, a motor vehicle record review.
• Former employees of the Colorado Community College System, or one of its 13 colleges, who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination, must disclose this information in their application material.
• Final candidate may be required to submit unofficial transcripts to verify education.
• Direct deposit of payroll is a condition of employment.
• Arapahoe Community College participates in E-Verify.
• All ACC employees, except student employees, contribute to Colorado PERA at a fixed percentage of their earnings and do not contribute to Social Security.
• Finalist must be willing to make Colorado their primary workplace.
  
  

CCCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer

The Colorado Community College System believes when all human qualities are regarded with dignity and respect and when everyone has access to the individualized support they need, all will have the opportunity to thrive. In all aspects of the employment process, decisions are made based on merit, competence, performance and business need without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Our Accommodations and Non-Discrimination policies, plus other helpful information, can be found publicly at arapahoe.edu

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

Arapahoe Community College provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process or during the course of employment contact Angela Johnson, Executive Director of Human Resources, at (303) 797-5715 or angela.johnson@arapahoe.edu.

For information regarding Arapahoe Community College Security, including Clery Act / Crime Statistics for the campuses and surrounding area, please see the Arapahoe Community College Annual Security Report. For a hard copy report, please contact the ACC Campus Police Department at (303) 797-5800, campus.police@arapahoe.edu, or Room M2600 at 5900 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, Colorado 80120.

Benefits

At ACC, we value and uphold a commitment to a workplace that focuses on employees. Our mission is to provide innovative and responsive educational and economic opportunities in an accessible, inclusive environment that promotes success for students, employees, and the communities we serve. In addition to rewarding and meaningful work, we offer a comprehensive selection of benefits to support our employees, including:

• Strong, flexible retirement benefits including Colorado PERA’s Defined Benefit Plan or Defined Contribution Plan. A Supplemental retirement plans are also available including 401(k), 403(b) and 457 plans.
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and flexible savings benefits.
• Employee assistance services such as counseling, professional coaching, financial planning, and more, are available to you and members of your household at no cost through the Colorado State Employee Assistance Program (C-SEAP).
• Generous paid time off benefits including up to 15 hours of annual leave and 10 hours of sick leave per month, 10 paid holidays per year, and up to 18 hours for academic and volunteer activities.
• Tuition assistance for employees and their eligible dependents at any community college within the Colorado Community College System or CCCOnline.
• State employees are eligible to participate in BenefitHub which offers discounts for retailers and services and other benefits resources.
• Employees may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Additional information about this program can be found on the Colorado Division of Human Resources website.
• New hires for full-time positions may be eligible for a relocation assistance benefit if relocating at least 100 miles to work at ACC. Information about this can be found in AP 3-160.
  
  

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