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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Develop business relationships.
  • Develop technical specifications for systems or equipment.
  • Estimate demand for products or services.
  • Monitor inventories of products or materials.
  • Purchase products or services.