Purchasing and inventory control workers

Example job titles

• inventory analyst
• inventory clerk
• inventory control clerk
• inventory planner
• procurement clerk
• purchasing clerk
• purchasing clerk assistant

Main duties

• This group performs some or all of the following duties:
• Purchasing control workers
• 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.
• Inventory control workers
• Monitor inventory levels as materials, equipment and stock are issued, transferred within an establishment or sold to the public using manual or computerized inventory systems

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Courses in purchasing management may be required for purchasing control workers.
• Courses in production and inventory management and ability to operate a computerized inventory system may be required for inventory control workers.

Approved positions by year

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