How do they match: Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products

  • Contract Administrator
  • Contracts Administrator
  • Purchasing Administrator
  • Subcontract Administrator
  • Subcontracts Administrator

  • Hire, train, or supervise purchasing clerks, buyers, and expediters.
  • Negotiate, renegotiate, and administer contracts with suppliers, vendors, and other representatives.
  • Research and evaluate suppliers, based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities, and the supplier's reputation and history.
  • Write and review product specifications, maintaining a working technical knowledge of the goods or services to be purchased.

  • Supervise employees.