Purchasing Agent Job Description
- Study sales record and prior company transactions.
- Complete sales purchases, including equipment, machines, goods, and services for companies.
- Find the highest quality goods possible by reading reviews and performing extensive research.
- Study current inventory levels and determine what is needed.
- Check machines to see if they need to be repaired or replaced and purchase equipment accordingly.
- Identify foreign and domestic suppliers and vendors.
- Ask vendors for promotional prices and incentives.
- Keep abreast of changes affecting both the supply of, and demand for, needed products and materials.
- Consider price, quality, availability, reliability, and technical support when choosing suppliers and merchandise.
- Have a working technical knowledge of the goods or services to be purchased.
- Place orders and ensure product is shipped according to deadlines.
- Purchase goods such as grain, Christmas trees, and tobacco for further processing or resale.
- Supervise groups of purchasing agents.
- Accept bids and offers through Internet.
- Negotiate and supervise supply contracts.
- Purchase goods directly from manufacturers or from other wholesale firms for resale to retail firms, commercial establishments, and other organizations.
- Determine which products will sell.
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May. 18, 2012 BiRite Foodservice Distributors Brisbane, CA, US
Purchasing Agent BiRite Foodservice Distributors is a family-owned business, started in 1966. Presently, the Company has 245 e...
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Mar. 30, 2012 Yonkers Contracting Company, Inc. Yonkers, NY, US
Assist VP with all clerical activities Answer phone for Department VP Type and process correspondence for department Pre-bid ph...
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May. 09, 2012 Mancon Virginia Beach, VA, US
PURCHASING AGENT General Information MANCON, a large government contractor, is searching for a Purchasing Agent to join our te...
