Job Description
● Classify purchase orders and their items and send copies to suppliers and to the department originating requests.
● Respond to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellation.
● Contact suppliers in order to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems.
● Review requisition orders in order to verify accuracy, terminology, and specification.
● Prepare, maintain and review purchasing files, reports, and quotations.
● Compare prices, specifications, and delivery dates in order to determine the best one among potential suppliers.
● Track the status of requisition, contract, and orders.
● Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, ordering more materials when necessary.
● Calculate costs of orders and charge or forward invoices to appropriate accounts.
