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Job Description
Purchase machinery, equipment, tools, parts, supplies, or services necessary for the operation of an establishment. Purchase raw or semi-finished materials for manufacturing.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 13-1023.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 67,420.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 32.00
- Currently, there are 297,600 people on this job
Also Known As…
- Purchasing Manager
- Purchasing Agent
- Purchasing Administrator
- Procurement Specialist
- Buyer
- Traveling Buyer
- Tools, Supplies, and Equipment Purchasing Agent
- Timber Buyer
- Subcontract Administrator
- Sourcing Specialist
- Railroad Purchasing Agent
- Radio Time Buyer
- Purchasing Specialist
- Purchasing Coordinator
- Purchasing Assistant
- Purchaser
- Pulpwood Contractor
- Pulpwood Buyer
- Procurement Engineer
- Procurement Analyst
- Procurement Agent
- Print Buyer
- Price Analyst
- Plant Buyer
- Piece Jobber
- Outside Property Agent
- Ore Buyer
- Merchandiser
- Media Buyer
- Lumber Buyer
- Log Buyer
- Leaser
- Journeyman
- Jobber
- Import Coordinator
- General Purchasing Agent
- Fuel Buyer
- Fuel Agent
- Food Broker
- Equipment, Supplies, and Tools Purchasing Agent
- Contracts Manager
- Contracts Administrator
- Contractor Buyer
- Contract Specialist
- Contract Analyst
- Contract Administrator
- Area Field Worker
- Area Field Person
Tasks for “Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products”
- Interview vendors and visit suppliers' plants and distribution centers to examine and learn about products, services, and prices.
- Prepare purchase orders, solicit bid proposals, and review requisitions for goods and services.
- Analyze price proposals, financial reports, and other data and information to determine reasonable prices.
- Negotiate, renegotiate, and administer contracts with suppliers, vendors, and other representatives.
- Evaluate and monitor contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and to determine need for changes.
- Purchase the highest quality merchandise at the lowest possible price and in correct amounts.
- Monitor shipments to ensure that goods come in on time, and resolve problems related to undelivered goods.
- Maintain and review computerized or manual records of purchased items, costs, deliveries, product performance, and inventories.
- Formulate policies and procedures for bid proposals and procurement of goods and services.
- Attend meetings, trade shows, conferences, conventions, and seminars to network with people in other purchasing departments.
- Study sales records and inventory levels of current stock to develop strategic purchasing programs that facilitate employee access to supplies.
- Arrange the payment of duty and freight charges.
- Research and evaluate suppliers, based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities, and the supplier's reputation and history.
- Hire, train, or supervise purchasing clerks, buyers, and expediters.
- Monitor changes affecting supply and demand, tracking market conditions, price trends, or futures markets.
- Monitor and follow applicable laws and regulations.
- Review catalogs, industry periodicals, directories, trade journals, and Internet sites and consult with other department personnel to locate necessary goods and services.
- Write and review product specifications, maintaining a working technical knowledge of the goods or services to be purchased.
- Confer with staff, users, and vendors to discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services and determine corrective action.
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