Purchasing Agents
Purchase machinery, equipment, tools, parts, supplies, or services necessary for the operation of an establishment. Purchase raw or semi-finished materials for manufacturing.
Also called: Buyer, Procurement Official, Procurement Specialist, Purchasing Agent
Knowledge:
- management
- customer service
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Skills:
- reading work related information
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- bringing people together to solve differences
- talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
Abilites:
- read and understand what is written
- listen and understand what people say
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Stress Tolerance
- Analytical Thinking
- Initiative
Technology:
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
- SAP
Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Access
Financial analysis software
- IBM Costimater
- Softstar Costar COCOMO II
