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1225 – Purchasing Agents and Officers
Purchasing agents and officers purchase general and specialized equipment, materials and business services for use or for further processing by their establishment. They are employed throughout the public and private sectors.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Advertising buyer
- Analyst, purchasing contracts
- Business services purchasing officer
- Buyer - manufacturing and processing
- Buyer - purchasing
- Buyer, advertising
- Buyer, media time and space
- Contract claims examiner
- Contract management officer
- Contract negotiator
- Contracts officer
- Easement and right of way clerk
- Estimator, media
- Grain buyer
- Hotel purchasing agent
- Hotel purchasing officer
- Land negotiator
- Landman/woman - oil and gas
- Material purchasing officer
- Materials co-ordinator
- Materiel management officer
- Media buyer
- Media estimator
- Media time and space buyer
- Negotiator, purchasing contracts
- Office equipment purchasing officer
- Officer, contract management
- Ore buyer
- Procurement officer
- Products administrator
- Pulpwood buyer
- Purchaser
- Purchaser, furniture and furnishings
- Purchasing agent
- Purchasing contracts administrator
- Purchasing contracts analyst
- Purchasing contracts management officer
- Purchasing contracts negotiator
- Purchasing contracts officer
- Purchasing officer
- Purchasing supervisor
- Purchasing-services contracts negotiator
- Radio time buyer
- Restaurant purchasing agent
- Restaurant purchasing officer
- Senior buyer - purchasing
- Services contracts negotiator
- Stewardship officer
- Storage purchasing co-ordinator
- Supervisor, purchasing
- Supply officer, government
- Television time buyer
- Contract management officer
- Contracts officer
- Materiel management officer
- Procurement officer
- Purchaser, furniture and furnishings
- Purchasing agent
- Purchasing officer
- Supply officer, government
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Purchasing agents and officers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Purchase general and specialized equipment, materials or business services for use or for further processing by their establishment
- Assess requirements of an establishment and develop specifications for equipment, materials and supplies to be purchased
- Invite tenders, consult with suppliers and review quotations
- Determine or negotiate contract terms and conditions, award supplier contracts or recommend contract awards
- Establish delivery schedules, monitor progress and contact clients and suppliers to resolve problems
- May hire, train or supervise purchasing clerks.
Purchasing agents and officers may specialize in the purchase of particular materials or business services such as furniture or office equipment.
Employment requirements
- A bachelor's degree or college diploma in business administration, commerce or economics is usually required.
- Purchasing agents and officers purchasing specialized materials or business services may require a related university degree or college diploma. For example, a bachelor's degree or college diploma in engineering may be required for purchasers of industrial products.
- A certificate in purchasing from the Purchasing Management Association of Canada may be required.
- Previous experience as a purchasing clerk or as an administrative clerk may be required.
Additional information
- Progression to managerial positions is possible with experience.
Exclusions
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 1 – Business, Finance and Administration Occupations
- Skill level
- B – Occupations usually require college education or apprenticeship training.
- Major group
- 12 – Skilled Administrative and Business Occupations
- Minor group
- 122 – Administrative and Regulatory Occupations
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0