Purchasing Assistant

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Purchasing Assistant coordinates activities involved with procuring goods and services such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts and supplies, and purchases all inventory to meet production requirements by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

& RESPONSIBILITIES

Reviews requisitions. Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule. Estimates values according to knowledge of market price. Prepares purchase orders or bid requests. Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance, and inventories. Prepares invoices for payment. Verifies nomenclature and specifications of purchase requests. Counts inventory items to determine i