Comply with all safety, health, environmental requirements, policies and procedures relevant to the position;
Reviews requisitions. Confers with vendors to obtain product or service information such as price, availability, and delivery schedule;
Selects products for purchase by testing, observing, or examining items. Estimates values according to knowledge of market price;
Has authority to request supplies be added to or deleted from suppliers list;
Prepares purchase orders;
Reviews bid proposals and negotiates contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority;
Maintains procurement records such as items or services purchased, costs, delivery, product quality or performance and inventories;
Discusses defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, suppliers and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action;
Expedites delivery of goods to users;
Special projects or assignments as directed by Purchasing Supervisor.