How do they match: Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products

  • Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products

  • Buyer
  • Purchaser
  • Purchasing Agent
  • Purchasing Administrator
  • Purchasing Assistant
  • Purchasing Coordinator
  • Purchasing Manager
  • Purchasing Specialist
  • Contractor Buyer
  • Equipment, Supplies, and Tools Purchasing Agent
  • Fuel Agent
  • Fuel Buyer
  • General Purchasing Agent
  • Log Buyer
  • Lumber Buyer
  • Media Buyer
  • Ore Buyer
  • Outside Property Agent
  • Plant Buyer
  • Print Buyer
  • Procurement Agent
  • Pulpwood Buyer
  • Radio Time Buyer
  • Railroad Purchasing Agent
  • Replenishment Buyer
  • Timber Buyer
  • Tools, Supplies, and Equipment Purchasing Agent

  • Purchase machinery, equipment, tools, parts, supplies, or services necessary for the operation of an establishment. Purchase raw or semifinished materials for manufacturing. May negotiate contracts.

  • Purchase the highest quality merchandise at the lowest possible price and in correct amounts.
  • Attend meetings, trade shows, conferences, conventions, and seminars to network with people in other purchasing departments.
  • Hire, train, or supervise purchasing clerks, buyers, and expediters.
  • Interview vendors and visit suppliers' plants and distribution centers to examine and learn about products, services, and prices.
  • Maintain and review computerized or manual records of purchased items, costs, deliveries, product performance, and inventories.
  • Prepare purchase orders, solicit bid proposals, and review requisitions for goods and services.
  • Research and evaluate suppliers, based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities, and the supplier's reputation and history.
  • Study sales records and inventory levels of current stock to develop strategic purchasing programs that facilitate employee access to supplies.
  • Write and review product specifications, maintaining a working technical knowledge of the goods or services to be purchased.

  • Purchase products or services.
  • Estimate demand for products or services.
  • Monitor inventories of products or materials.