Purchasing professionals at 4WR-COntractors consider price, quality, availability, reliability, and technical support when choosing suppliers and merchandise. They try to get the best deal for their clients, meaning the highest quality goods and services at the lowest possible cost to their projects. In order to accomplish this successfully, purchasing managers, buyers, and purchasing agents study sales records and inventory levels of current stock, identify foreign and domestic suppliers, and keep abreast of changes affecting both the supply of, and demand for, needed products and materials. To

be effective, purchasing specialists must have a working technical knowledge of the goods or services to be purchased and source strategically.