- Industry: Government; Labor
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- Company Profile:
A professional who sells livestock at stockyards as agent for owner. Responsibilities include:
* Receives, appraises, and sorts livestock according to factors, such as weight, sex, age, and appearance, to determine value and facilitate sale.
* Contacts purchasing agents and informs them of livestock available for sale.
* Shows livestock to buyers and receives bids.
* Informs interested buyers of other bids received.
* Sells livestock to highest bidder.
* May purchase livestock as agent for farmer.
* May specialize in purchase of one species of livestock.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who locates and arranges for purchase or rental of props specified for use in motion pictures when such props are not in studio stock and are not to be constructed by studio personnel. May purchase stock, such as lumber, to be used in fabrication of props.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who locates and arranges for purchase or rental of props specified for use in motion pictures when such props are not in studio stock and are not to be constructed by studio personnel. May purchase stock, such as lumber, to be used in fabrication of props.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who develops specifications and performance test requirements to facilitate procurement of parts and equipment for aeronautical and aerospace products. Responsibilities include:
* Analyzes technical data, designs, preliminary specifications, manufacturing limitations, supplier facilities, and availability of parts and equipment.
* Consults with engineering personnel to establish performance criteria and specifications for manufacturing and testing.
* Investigates potential suppliers and recommends those most desirable.
* Advises company personnel, suppliers, and customers of nature and function of parts and equipment.
* Interviews supplier representatives regarding specifications, costs, inspection, and similar problems relating to parts and equipment.
* Arranges and participates in conferences between suppliers and engineers, purchasers, inspectors, and other company personnel to facilitate material inspection, substitution, standardization, rework, salvage, utilization, and economical procurement of parts and equipment installed in aircraft, spacecraft, or related products.
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 manages grain elevator. Responsibilities include:
* Examines samples to determine extent of dirt, burrs, hulls, seeds, and other dockage.
* Extracts samples and forwards them to local grain exchange for analysis and certification of moisture and protein content.
* Reviews analysis to ascertain amount of moisture and protein present in sample.
* Calculates market value and bargains with sellers to obtain grain at favorable price.
* Buys grain or issues storage certificates.
* Computes shipping cost to determine most economical way of transporting grain.
* Reviews and approves grain settlements to ensure that payments are made according to weight, moisture, and protein content.
* Keeps daily records on kinds and grades of grain received, prices paid, amount purchased, and amount in storage.
* Directs workers engaged in unloading, loading, storing, and mixing of grain for shipment and milling.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates activities of workers engaged in buying tobacco on auction warehouse floor. Responsibilities include:
* Tells buyer which grades and quantities of tobacco to buy and prices to be paid, and observes purchases for conformance to company regulations.
* May buy tobacco on auction market.
* May inspect and regrade tobacco in processing plant.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates rice buying and milling operations with demand and sells clean (milled) rice on domestic and foreign markets. Responsibilities include:
* Contacts prospective purchasers, sends or displays samples of grades and varieties of rice offered for sale, states selling price, and arranges sales.
* Ascertains from orders, quantity and varieties of rice required, and notifies buyers purchasing rice from growers.
* Prepares instructions for operating personnel of lots of rice to be milled and sequence and method of milling.
* Directs workers keeping records and preparing contracts and shipping data.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates rice buying and milling operations with demand and sells clean (milled) rice on domestic and foreign markets. Responsibilities include:
* Contacts prospective purchasers, sends or displays samples of grades and varieties of rice offered for sale, states selling price, and arranges sales.
* Ascertains from orders, quantity and varieties of rice required, and notifies buyers purchasing rice from growers.
* Prepares instructions for operating personnel of lots of rice to be milled and sequence and method of milling.
* Directs workers keeping records and preparing contracts and shipping data.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities of personnel engaged in purchasing and distributing raw materials, equipment, machinery, and supplies in industrial plant, public utility, or other organization. Responsibilities include:
* Prepares instructions regarding purchasing systems and procedures.
* Prepares and issues purchase orders and change notices to purchasing agents.
* Analyzes market and delivery conditions to determine present and future material availability and prepares market analysis reports.
* Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
* Develops and installs clerical and office procedures and practices, and studies work flow, sequence of operations, and office arrangement to determine expediency of installing new or improved office machines.
* Arranges for disposal of surplus materials.
Industry:Professional careers
