Job Description
Job Description
Are you an aspiring Purchasing Agent looking for an opportunity to advance your skills and your career?
If you are a person with a keen eye for detail and a commercial mindset able to negotiate effectively while maintaining mutually beneficial relationships, we have the perfect job for you!
We are looking for an ambitious Purchasing Agent to buy goods and services necessary for our business.
Purchasing Agent job description: Job duties and responsibilities
Purchasing Agent description should contain the following duties and responsibilities:
- Develop profitable purchasing strategies
- Assess supplier profiles and analyze offers
- Prepare and implement effective negotiation tactics
- Manage relationships with key suppliers to maintain quality of goods, timely delivery and compliance with terms of contracts
- Analyze and resolve purchasing issues/discrepancies
- Review supplies to ensure quality
- Monitor stock levels
- Prepare and submit detailed reports (revenues, buying expenditures etc.)
- Keep updated records
- Report KPI (Key Performance Indicator) data as requested by Purchasing Director to assess, analyze and track vendor performance
- Participate in cost reduction activities, observe and report price increases
- Research a variety of sources, documents, etc. to ensure adequacy of specification in terms of clarity, precision, and related criteria
- Attend events, fairs and exhibitions to keep abreast of the market's trends
- Build and develop long-term relationships with local suppliers
Purchasing Agent job description: Job requirements and qualifications
Purchasing Agent job description should contain the following requirements and qualifications:
- Previous working experience as a Purchasing Agent for (x) year(s)
- MSc/MA in business administration or similar relevant field
- Applicable knowledge of negotiating prices and terms and conditions
- In-depth knowledge of market research, data analysis and purchasing best practices
- Hands on experience with purchasing software (e.g. SpendMap)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Problem solver with a strong analytical mindset
- Outstanding organizational and time management skills
- Excellent customer service skills