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

  • Confer with staff, users, and vendors to discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services and determine corrective action.
  • Formulate policies and procedures for bid proposals and procurement of goods and services.
  • Monitor shipments to ensure that goods come in on time, and resolve problems related to undelivered goods.
  • Prepare purchase orders, solicit bid proposals, and review requisitions for goods and services.
  • 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.

  • Obtain information about goods or services.