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

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

  • Equipment, Supplies, and Tools Purchasing Agent
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Research and evaluate suppliers, based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities, and the supplier's reputation and history.
  • Write and review product specifications, maintaining a working technical knowledge of the goods or services to be purchased.

  • Supervise employees.
  • Confer with personnel to coordinate business operations.
  • Estimate demand for products or services.
  • Monitor inventories of products or materials.
  • Purchase products or services.