Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products Career, Salary and Skills
No national wage record is published for this occupation in the current BLS dataset.
Occupation description
Purchase farm products either for further processing or resale. Includes tree farm contractors, grain brokers and market operators, grain buyers, and tobacco buyers. May negotiate contracts.
O*NET code
13-1021.00
Job zone
4
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
National salary and employment
Salary data is not available for this occupation in the current BLS dataset.
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 3.88 | 3.88 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Speaking | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Negotiation | 3.62 | 3.88 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.50 | 3.88 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Writing | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Coordination | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Monitoring | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.12 | 3.00 |
Typical tasks
- Purchase, for further processing or for resale, farm products, such as milk, grains, or Christmas trees.
- Negotiate contracts with farmers for the production or purchase of farm products.
- Maintain records of business transactions and product inventories, reporting data to companies or government agencies as necessary.
- Review orders to determine product types and quantities required to meet demand.
- Arrange for transportation or storage of purchased products.
- Coordinate or direct activities of workers engaged in cutting, transporting, storing, or milling products and maintaining records.
- Arrange for processing or resale of purchased products.
- Examine or test crops or products to estimate their value, determine their grade, or locate any evidence of disease or insect damage.
Technology
- Amazon Web Services AWS software
- Atlassian JIRA
- Deltek Costpoint
- Enterprise resource planning ERP system
- Google Angular
- IBM Lotus Notes
- Inventory management systems
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Project
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.