Buyer/Purchasing Agent ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: - Responsible for purchasing and negotiating materials from vendors. Documents pricing and completes purchase order forms. - Works with the current vendor base to understand their process, work together to improve quality, delivery and pricing, and evaluates vendor performance. - Deals with vendors in the development of new design items, according to complex and strict specifications. - Follows up on backorders, expedites delivery of orders and makes special arrangements for delivery; communicates to the department the expected delivery dates. - Keeps abreast of market and product developments and interviews representatives for potential new sources of supply. - Maintains the...read more

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