31. Xerox sales representatives had enviable relationships with the corporate purchasing agents who bought analog copiers. 32. It also served as the purchasing agent for the member companies of the Bell System. 33. He later worked as chief land purchasing agent for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 34. Ryohin started humbly in 1980 as a purchasing agent of the department store chain Seiyu. 35. Simultaneously with his career as a musician, he worked as a purchasing agent in New York. 36. He also served as Essex County Purchasing Agent and was the longtime West Orange Republican Chairman. 37. Bernard was a trained economist and he worked as a purchasing agent for a chemical company. 38. He also served for many years as the purchasing agent for the Library Company of Philadelphia. 39. "We were affected in a big way, " said James Evans, a purchasing agent for Gentzler. 40. The company opens the bidding and competing suppliers turn over their bids to the purchasing agent .