What are the responsibilities and job description for the Purchasing Agent position at DRAINAGE SOLUTIONS INC?
Job Description
Job Description
Position Summary :
The purchasing agent negotiates vendor terms, prices and schedules delivery using knowledge of budget and schedule requirements.
Essential Functions :
Essential functions include, but are not limited to the following :
- Develop profitable purchasing strategies.
- Prepare and implement effective negotiation tactics.
- Manage relationships with key suppliers to maintain quality of goods, timely delivery and compliance to terms of contract
- Daily review of purchasing needs of assigned vendors.
- Prepares purchase orders by verifying specifications and price; obtaining recommendations from suppliers for substitute items.
- Obtains purchased items by forwarding orders to suppliers; monitoring and expediting orders.
- Resolves shipments in error with suppliers.
- Develop profitable purchasing strategies.
- Provides purchasing planning and control information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate