- Perform buying duties when necessary.- Prepare invitation-of-bid forms and mail forms to supplier firms or distribute forms for public posting.- Approve bills for payment.- Calculate costs of orders, and charge or forward invoices to appropriate accounts.- Check shipments when they arrive to ensure that orders have been filled correctly and that goods meet specifications.- Compare prices, specifications, and delivery dates in order to determine the best bid among potential suppliers.- Compare suppliers' bills with bids and purchase orders in order to verify accuracy.- Contact suppliers in order to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems.- Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, ordering more materials when necessary.- Locate suppliers, using sources such as catalogs and the internet, and interview them to gather information about products to be ordered.- Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports and price lists.- Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.- Respond to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations.

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