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Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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name: public-procurement-specialist
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description: "Occupational skill for the role 'public procurement specialist' (also: public sector procurement practitioner, public procurement expert, public procurement practitioner, public sector procurement specialist, public sector procurement expert). Use when the user asks for typical public procurement specialist work such as: Approve and pay bills.; Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.; Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, ordering more materials when necessary."
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# Public Procurement Specialist
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Public procurement specialists are full-time public procurement practitioners working as part of a procurement team in a large organisation or central purchasing body in all phases of the procurement cycle. They translate needs into contracts and deliver value for money for the organisation and the public.
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## Core workflow
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1. Approve and pay bills.
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2. Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.
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3. Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, ordering more materials when necessary.
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4. Respond to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations.
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5. Perform buying duties when necessary.
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6. Contact suppliers to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems.
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7. Review requisition orders to verify accuracy, terminology, and specifications.
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8. Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports and price lists.
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## How to use this skill
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- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
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- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
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- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
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- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
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- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
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## Key competences (essential)
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- address problems critically
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- adhere to organisational code of ethics
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- adhere to organisational guidelines
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- assess procurement needs
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- communication principles
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- cooperate with colleagues
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- develop performance orientation in public administration
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- develop procurement strategy
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- draft procurement technical specifications
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- draft tender documentation
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- e-procurement
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- evaluate tender
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- implement procurement of innovation
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- implement risk management in procurement
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- implement sustainable procurement
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## Hot technologies
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- Intuit QuickBooks
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- Microsoft Access
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- Oracle Database
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- Microsoft SharePoint
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- Microsoft Outlook
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- Oracle PeopleSoft
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- SAP software
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- Microsoft Office software
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- Microsoft Windows
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- Microsoft PowerPoint
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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cb4f98c8-6b8d-41d8-87eb-a2a2033a3a25), O*NET 30.3 (43-3061.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
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