Buyer

Full-Time Purchasing Agent for Life Sciences Company Our Client is seeking a Purchasing Agent to be responsible for verifying purchase requisitions, scheduling deliveries, preparing purchase orders, monitoring and expediting orders, verifying receipt of items, and authorizing payments. ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES Other responsibilities include: - Verifies purchase requisitions by comparing items requested to master list; clarifying unclear items; recommending alternatives. - Forwards available inventory items by verifying stock; scheduling delivery. - Prepares purchase orders by verifying specifications and price; obtaining recommendations from suppliers for substitute items; obtaining approval from requisitioning department. - Obtains purchased items by forwarding orders to suppliers; monitoring