Description

Purchasing and inventory control workers process purchasing transactions and maintain inventories of materials, equipment and stock. They are employed by retail and wholesale establishments, manufacturing companies, government agencies and other establishments.

Job Titles

• Procurement clerk
• Purchase order clerk
• Purchasing control clerk

Main Duties

• Review requisition orders for accuracy and verify that materials, equipment and stock are not available from current inventories
• Source and obtain price quotations from catalogues and suppliers and prepare purchase orders
• Calculate cost of orders and charge or forward invoices to appropriate accounts
• Process purchases within purchasing authority
• Contact suppliers to schedule deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed deliveries and other problems
• Prepare and maintain purchasing files, reports and price lists.

Workplaces

• Government agencies
• Manufacturing companies
• Retail sales establishments
• Wholesale companies

Skills

• Management of Material Resources
• Negotiating
• Numeracy
• Coordinating
• Critical Thinking

Abilities

• Mathematical Reasoning
• Near Vision
• Numerical Ability
• Speech Recognition
• Categorization Flexibility

Personal Attributes

• Adaptability
• Attention to Detail
• Collaboration
• Independence
• Stress Tolerance

Similar Occupations

• Procurement and purchasing agents and officers (12102)
• Storekeepers and partspersons (14401)
• Retail and wholesale buyers (62101)

Source: OaSIS