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Career: Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products

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 Tasks

Importance %age

Task Description
97
Maintain and review computerized or manual records of items purchased, costs, deliveries, product performance, and inventories.
97
Review catalogs, industry periodicals, directories, trade journals, and Internet sites and consult with other department personnel to locate necessary goods and services.
96
Purchase the highest quality merchandise at the lowest possible price and in correct amounts.
96
Prepare purchase orders, solicit bid proposals, and review requisitions for goods and services.
96
Monitor shipments to ensure that goods come in on time and resolve problems related to undelivered goods.
88
Confer with staff, users, and vendors to discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services and determine corrective action.
85
Negotiate, renegotiate, and administer contracts with suppliers, vendors, and other representatives.
84
Research and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities, and the supplier's reputation and history.
83
Study sales records and inventory levels of current stock to develop strategic purchasing programs that facilitate employee access to supplies.
82
Interview vendors and visit suppliers' plants and distribution centers to examine and learn about products, services, and prices.
79
Analyze price proposals, financial reports, and other data and information to determine reasonable prices.
73
Evaluate and monitor contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and to determine need for changes.
68
Monitor and follow applicable laws and regulations.
66
Attend meetings, trade shows, conferences, conventions, and seminars to network with people in other purchasing departments.
62
Write and review product specifications, maintaining a working technical knowledge of the goods or services to be purchased.
50
Formulate policies and procedures for bid proposals and procurement of goods and services.
46
Arrange the payment of duty and freight charges.
45
Monitor changes affecting supply and demand, tracking market conditions, price trends, or futures markets.
33
Hire, train, or supervise purchasing clerks, buyers, and expediters.

Work Activities

Importance %age

Activity Description
74
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
  • Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
    		•
    71
    		Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
  • Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
    		•
    70
    		Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
  • Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
    		•
    70
    		Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
  • Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
    		•
    68
    		Making Decisions and Solving Problems
  • Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
    		•
    65
    		Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
  • Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
    		•
    64
    		Processing Information
  • Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
    		•
    62
    		Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
  • Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
    		•
    62
    		Getting Information
  • Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
    		•
    62
    		Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
  • Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
    		•
    60
    		Performing Administrative Activities
  • Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
    		•
    56
    		Interacting With Computers
  • Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
    		•
    55
    		Scheduling Work and Activities
  • Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
    		•
    53
    		Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
  • Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
    		•
    52
    		Monitoring and Controlling Resources
  • Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
    		•
    52
    		Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
  • Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
    		•
    51
    		Training and Teaching Others
  • Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
    		•
    50
    		Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
  • Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
    		•
    50
    		Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
  • Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
    		•
    50
    		Analyzing Data or Information
  • Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
    		•
    49
    		Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
  • Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
    		•
    49
    		Coaching and Developing Others
  • Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
    		•
    47
    		Thinking Creatively
  • Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
    		•
    46
    		Developing and Building Teams
  • Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
    		•
    46
    		Developing Objectives and Strategies
  • Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
    		•
    45
    		Documenting/Recording Information
  • Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
    		•
    43
    		Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
  • Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
    		•
    43
    		Selling or Influencing Others
  • Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
    		•
    41
    		Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
  • Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
    		•
    41
    		Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
  • Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
    		•
    39
    		Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
  • Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
    		•
    35
    		Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
  • Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
    		•
    33
    		Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
  • Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
    		•
    31
    		Assisting and Caring for Others
  • Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
    		•
    30
    		Handling and Moving Objects
  • Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
    		•
    28
    		Staffing Organizational Units
  • Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.
    		•
    24
    		Performing General Physical Activities
  • Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
    		•
    20
    		Controlling Machines and Processes
  • Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
    		•
    20
    		Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
  • Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
    		•
    16
    		Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
  • Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.
    		•
    13
    		Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
  • Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
    		•
    
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