Purchasing Staff

PURCHASING STAFF

A Purchasing Staff, is responsible for supporting business operations by ordering products or materials that agree with their employer’s brand. Their duties include maintaining relationships with Suppliers, Vendors or Wholesalers, placing orders for products based on current inventory needs and tracking shipments from manufacturing locations to retail stores or company warehouses.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working with the purchasing manager to run the purchasing department

• Performing vendor research and selection to enhance profitability, reducing operating costs and boosting efficiency

• Maintaining cordial working relationships with vendors and supervising vendor activities

• Signing and reviewing purchasing agreements with vendors, monitoring their performance and renegotiating contracts

• Using quarterly and annual data to determine purchasing needs and performing inventory management

• Managing purchase orders, overseeing shipping schedules and maintaining purchase records

• Working with warehouse staff to compare deliveries with purchase orders to identify discrepancies

• Conducting ongoing market research to identify beneficial purchase agreements and potential vendors.

Qualifications:

• Has background in the Purchasing field/ as a Purchasing staff, or anything related (preferred)

• Knowledgeable with QuickBooks

• Male

• Knows how to drive a motorcycle/ has his own motorcycle (preferred)