Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
SK experience purchasing operational supplies, managing contracts, and maintaining inventory transfers directly to purchasing goods and services for civilian organizations.
How to prepare: Build a sample purchasing package with a requisition, supplier bid comparison, and purchase order to practice civilian procurement documentation.
What the civilian work involves
- Purchase the highest quality merchandise at the lowest possible price and in correct amounts.
- Prepare purchase orders, solicit bid proposals, and review requisitions for goods and services.
- Write and review product specifications, maintaining a working technical knowledge of the goods or services to be purchased.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
- Microsoft Excel
- SAP software