Recruitment
City Workforce Inc.
- Recruitable role
- Purchasing Agent · Hire at
- Opening reference
- Mon 08:00–17:00
- Address
- Fourth Avenue 41
- Neighborhood
- Lower Manhattan
Purchasing · Headquarters
Purchasing Agent in Big Ambitions
Handles importer purchasing for your company. Hire at City Workforce Inc., assign at Headquarters, and see which importer supplies the product you need.
- Hire at
- City Workforce Inc.
- Works at
- Headquarters
- Connects to
- Importer contracts
- Skill affects
- Importer discount
What are you trying to do?
Recruitable role
Where to Hire a Purchasing Agent
A Purchasing Agent is recruited through the normal agency system, then assigned at your Headquarters.
Quick answer
What Does a Purchasing Agent Do?
A Purchasing Agent is the Headquarters role in the import purchasing chain.
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Purchasing Agent
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Importer
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Purchasing contract
04
Products & ingredients
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Receiving destination
Works at
Headquarters →
Compare
Purchasing Agent vs Logistics Manager
These two Headquarters roles look similar but control different systems.
| — | Purchasing Agent | Logistics Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Main system | Import purchasing | Distribution |
| Works at | Headquarters | Headquarters |
| Connects to | Importer | Warehouse |
| Main relationship | Purchase / contract | Destination / delivery |
| Skill effect | Import cost path | Destination capacity |
| Next system | Incoming stock | Outgoing distribution |
Dependencies
What Does a Purchasing Agent Need?
Each node below is confirmed data. Anything not confirmed stays hidden instead of being guessed.
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Purchasing Agent
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Recruitment source
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Headquarters
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Compatible workstation
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Importer relationship
Imported goods arrive into receiving stock. The exact set of valid destination types is not confirmed in the current data, so this page does not invent a fixed destination list.
Works at
Where Does a Purchasing Agent Work?
Purchasing Agents work at Headquarters alongside the other management roles.
The Headquarters roster is not a fixed recommended team. Hire the role that matches the problem you have.
Open Headquarters Guide →- Purchasing AgentImport sourcing
- Logistics ManagerDistribution
- HR ManagerEmployee management
- HeadhunterTargeted hiring
- Pricing ManagerPricing system
Connects to
Which Importer Do I Need?
Enter a product or ingredient to see which importer can supply it and whether a Purchasing Agent is required.
Examples
Enter a product or ingredient to see which importer can supply it and whether a Purchasing Agent is required.
How Does a Purchasing Agent Connect to an Importer?
The confirmed relationship is that an importer exposes a product catalog and importer purchasing uses the Purchasing Agent discount path. How many contracts one agent can hold is not confirmed here, so this page does not claim a cardinality.
- 01Purchasing Agent
- 02Importer
- 03Available products
- 04Receiving location
Where Can a Purchasing Agent Send Imports?
Imported goods arrive into receiving stock. The exact set of valid destination types is not confirmed in the current data, so this page does not invent a fixed destination list.
Not confirmed in the current data
Skill affects
What Does Purchasing Agent Skill Do?
It improves the importer discount multiplier.
Skill is not the only price variable. Contract timing, the product import index and market state can still change the final cost, so Skill 100 is not a guaranteed lowest price.
- Importer discount multiplier
- 0.850
- Base hourly wage
- $30/h
- Training cost multiplier
- 1.0×
| Skill scale | 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Importer discount multiplier | 1.000 | 0.938 | 0.875 | 0.813 | 0.750 |
Importer
What Can This Importer Supply?
Pick an importer to see the products its confirmed catalog can supply.
- Address
- Pier 7
- Neighborhood
- Lower Manhattan
- Opening reference
- Mon 08:00–16:00
- Product
- 15
| Product | Catalog | → |
|---|---|---|
| Plastic | Importer catalog | View item → |
| Capacitors | Importer catalog | View item → |
| Uncut Gems Cheap | Importer catalog | View item → |
| Expensive Fabric | Importer catalog | View item → |
| Resistors | Importer catalog | View item → |
| Cheap Fabric | Importer catalog | View item → |
| Copper Clad Laminate | Importer catalog | View item → |
| Microphone | Importer catalog | View item → |
| Glass | Importer catalog | View item → |
| Metal Band | Importer catalog | View item → |
| Battery | Importer catalog | View item → |
| Integrated Circuits | Importer catalog | View item → |
| Transistors | Importer catalog | View item → |
| Uncut Gems Expensive | Importer catalog | View item → |
| Speaker | Importer catalog | View item → |
Fix Importing
Why Isn’t My Purchasing Agent Working?
Hiring is a recruitment-path check, not a Headquarters check.
Needs your input: Role exists in the recruitment pool
Assignment fails before schedule coverage when a workstation or business is missing.
Needs your input: Compatible business
Check these in order. The first missing step is the one blocking the order.
Needs your input: Purchasing Agent assigned
Purchasing ≠ Delivery
What Happens After the Goods Arrive?
Buying stock and delivering it to a business are separate systems. If imports arrived but the store is still empty, the Purchasing Agent is not the next place to look.
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Importer
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Purchasing Agent
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Receiving stock
04
Warehouse
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Logistics Manager
06
Driver + vehicle
07
Business
FAQ
Purchasing Agents in Big Ambitions
- Is a purchase agent the same as a Purchasing Agent?
- Yes. “Purchase agent” names the same Headquarters role as the Purchasing Agent; both point to importer purchasing.
- Why can’t I hire a Purchasing Agent?
- Check the recruitment pool, the correct agency and your progression before assuming the role is missing.
- Why can’t I assign my Purchasing Agent?
- A Headquarters workstation, a compatible business and active schedule coverage are required.
- My import order is not arriving
- Check the importer relationship, the product catalog and the receiving destination before changing the Purchasing Agent.
- Does higher skill guarantee the lowest price?
- No. Skill improves the confirmed importer discount multiplier; other price factors still apply.
- Imports arrived but my store has no stock
- Purchasing buys stock into receiving. Moving it to stores is the Logistics Manager path.
A Purchasing Agent buys from importers at Headquarters. The confirmed relationship is importer purchasing and the discount multiplier its skill improves.
Buying and delivering are two systems. The Purchasing Agent brings goods in; the Logistics Manager and drivers move stock out to businesses.
The product lookup is data, not an article. Every importer catalog and product link on this page comes from the game’s base values rather than from a separate guide.