Purchasing Agent

 

Job Description

NO VACCINE REQUIRED

Essential Talents

• Prepare purchase orders, solicit bid proposals, and review requisitions for goods and services.

• Purchase the highest quality merchandise at the lowest possible price and in correct amounts.

• Monitor and follow applicable laws and regulations.

• Research and evaluate suppliers, based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities, and the supplier’s reputation and history.

• Negotiate, renegotiate, and administer contracts with suppliers, vendors, and other representatives.

• Maintain and review computerized or manual records of purchased items, costs, deliveries, product performance, and inventories.

• Monitor shipments to ensure that goods come in on time, and resolve problems related to undelivered goods.

Essential Tools and Technologies

• Data base reporting software

• Data entry software

• Desktop computers

• Inventory management system software

• Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft Office software

• Microsoft Outlook

• Microsoft Word

* Personal computers

* Scanners

• Getting Information

• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

• Interacting With Computers

• Communicating with Persons Outside Organization

• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work

• Documenting/Recording Information

• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards

• Processing Information
  
  
• Performing Administrative Activities

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $13.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
NO VACCINE REQUIRED

Experience:

• Procurement: 1 year (Preferred)
• Purchasing: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely:

• No

 

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