- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who negotiates with suppliers to draw up procurement contracts. Responsibilities include:
* Negotiates, administers, extends, terminates, and renegotiates contracts.
* Formulates and coordinates procurement proposals.
* Directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in formulating bid proposals.
* Evaluates or monitors contract performance to determine necessity for amendments or extensions of contracts, and compliance to contractual obligations.
* Approves or rejects requests for deviations from contract specifications and delivery schedules.
* Arbitrates claims or complaints occurring in performance of contracts.
* Analyzes price proposals, financial reports, and other data to determine reasonableness of prices.
* May negotiate collective bargaining agreements.
* May serve as liaison officer to ensure fulfillment of obligations by contractors.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who negotiates with suppliers to draw up procurement contracts. Responsibilities include:
* Negotiates, administers, extends, terminates, and renegotiates contracts.
* Formulates and coordinates procurement proposals.
* Directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in formulating bid proposals.
* Evaluates or monitors contract performance to determine necessity for amendments or extensions of contracts, and compliance to contractual obligations.
* Approves or rejects requests for deviations from contract specifications and delivery schedules.
* Arbitrates claims or complaints occurring in performance of contracts.
* Analyzes price proposals, financial reports, and other data to determine reasonableness of prices.
* May negotiate collective bargaining agreements.
* May serve as liaison officer to ensure fulfillment of obligations by contractors.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who negotiates contracts with growers to raise or purchase crops, such as fruits and vegetables, performing any combination of the following duties. Responsibilities include:
* Contacts grower to negotiate contracts and to explain terms and conditions of contract and contractual responsibilities.
* Determines production possibilities of land by studying data, such as history of crop rotation, type and fertility of soil, location, topography, and irrigation facilities.
* Negotiates amount of acreage to be planted or purchased and selects fields to be planted.
* Advises grower on preparing land, planting, cultivating, thinning, harvesting, and related problems.
* Supplies seed and fertilizer.
* May estimate crop yield.
* Arranges for financing and advances funds to purchase supplies and equipment or services of contractor.
* May arrange for loans of company-owned machinery.
* Arranges for transportation of crops to processing plants.
* Inspects growing crops for evidence of disease and insect damage and recommends corrective measures.
* May assist in recruiting extra labor during peak seasons.
* May conduct lectures for farm groups on specific phases of agricultural activities.
* May write articles for publication and for scientific groups.
* May specialize in one crop and be designated according to crop bought.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who contacts dairy farmers to negotiate contracts for purchase of dairy products and to discuss methods for improving milk production. Responsibilities include:
* Negotiates with farmers for long-term contracts to purchase milk or cream of specified butterfat content.
* Discusses milk production problems and tests milk for butterfat content, sediment, and bacteria.
* Suggests methods of feeding, housing, and milking to improve production and to comply with sanitary regulations.
* May set up truck routes to haul milk to dairy.
* May solicit memberships in cooperative association.
* May sell items, such as dairy farm equipment, chemicals, and feed.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs activities of workers engaged in negotiating and servicing research contracts with universities and other institutions conducting research projects for federal agencies. Evaluates contract proposals and directs awarding of contracts according to knowledge of contract law and other fields, such as engineering development and metallurgical laboratory techniques, depending on nature of project.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who buys and sells grain on commission, for customers, through commodity exchange. Responsibilities include:
* Advises customers on probable price changes and factors which may affect prices, such as crop carryover, normal grain production and consumption, foreign and domestic crop conditions, and price differentials among various grades of grains.
* Notifies customer when additional margin is required because of price fluctuations and governmental regulations.
* May buy and sell grain futures for customer or brokerage firm and be designated Buyer, Grain.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who buys and sells grain on commission, for customers, through commodity exchange. Responsibilities include:
* Advises customers on probable price changes and factors which may affect prices, such as crop carryover, normal grain production and consumption, foreign and domestic crop conditions, and price differentials among various grades of grains.
* Notifies customer when additional margin is required because of price fluctuations and governmental regulations.
* May buy and sell grain futures for customer or brokerage firm and be designated Buyer, Grain.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates activities involved with procuring goods and services, such as raw materials, equipment, tools, parts, supplies, and advertising, for establishment. Responsibilities include:
* 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.
* Determines method of procurement, such as direct purchase or bid.
* Prepares purchase orders or bid requests.
* Reviews bid proposals and negotiates contracts within budgetary limitations and scope of authority.
* Maintains manual or computerized 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, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.
* May approve invoices for payment.
* May expedite delivery of goods to users.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who purchases merchandise or commodities for resale. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects and grades or appraises agricultural commodities, durable goods, apparel, furniture, livestock, or other merchandise offered for sale to determine value and yield.
* Selects and orders merchandise from showings by manufacturing representatives, growers, or other sellers, or purchases merchandise on open market for cash, basing selection on nature of clientele, or demand for specific commodity, merchandise, or other property, utilizing knowledge of various articles of commerce and experience as buyer.
* Transports purchases or contacts carriers to arrange transportation of purchases.
* Authorizes payment of invoices or return of merchandise.
* May negotiate contracts for severance of agricultural or forestry products from land.
* May conduct staff meetings with sales personnel to introduce new merchandise.
* May price items for resale.
* May be required to be licensed by state.
* May be identified according to type of commodities, merchandise, or goods purchased.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs following duties in connection with purchase and sale of merchandise to aid buyer. Responsibilities include:
* Verifies quantity and quality of stock received from manufacturer.
* Authorizes payment of invoices or return of shipment.
* Approves advertising copy for newspaper.
* Gives markers information, such as price mark-ups or mark-downs, manufacturer number, season code, and style number to print on price tickets.
* Inspects exchanged or refunded merchandise.
* May sell merchandise to become familiar with customers' attitudes, preferences, and purchasing problems.
Industry:Professional careers
