Purchasing Managers
Job description
These individuals organize, direct, and evaluate the activities of a purchasing department. They develop the purchasing policies of organizations. They work in both private and public sector establishments.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Control the purchasing department’s budget.
- Evaluate the cost and quality of products or services.
- Negotiate and supervise the negotiation of purchase contracts.
- Identify companies selling materials, equipment, or supplies.
- Hire and train staff.
- Ensure work equipment optimization.
- Examine and deal with complaints against suppliers.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $38.46
- Median
- $54.95
- Maximum
- $83.33
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
7,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 38.8% Female
- 61.2% Male
Not available.
- 38.8% Female
- 61.2% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$95,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 4114% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 4513% of jobs
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NAICS 9111% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 495% of jobs
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NAICS 33644% of jobs
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Others53% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 4114% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 4513% of jobs
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NAICS 9111% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 495% of jobs
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NAICS 33644% of jobs
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Others53% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Numerous training and study programs lead to managerial or executive positions.
Also required
- Several years of experience as a purchasing agent.
Sometimes required
- A university degree or college diploma in Engineering, Business Administration, Commerce or Economics, or other discipline related to the company’s products is usually required.
- A degree in a related discipline may be required for managers of procurement of specialized commercial services.
- Several years of experience as a middle manager in the areas of goods production, utilities, transportation, or construction are usually required.
- The professional designation in accounting for senior finance executives is usually required.
- The professional designation in supply chain management (SCM) or enrolment in the program of study leading to it may be required.
- Certification in change management (PROSCI) may be an asset.
- Knowledge of the SAP Production Management System (Systems, Applications, and Products for Data Processing) may be an asset.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Social perception
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
- Information processing
- Reading comprehension
- Written expression
- Time management
- Judgment and decision-making
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Coordination
- Human resource management
- Result evaluation
- Service oriented
- Active learning
- System analysis
- Teaching
- Financial resource management
- Material resource management
- Solving complex problems
- Systems evaluation
- Learning strategies
- Mathematics
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Idea generation
- Written comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Written expression
- Originality
- Deductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Awareness of issues
- Information organization
- Inductive reasoning
- Classification
- Mathematical reasoning
- Basic numeracy
- Near vision
- Selective attention
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Diplomacy
- Leadership
- Knowledge of administration and management
- Autonomy
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of computer science, digital and electronics
- Tolerance to stress
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Work with numbers
- Work in an office
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 10012
Purchasing managers
Job titles
- Supply chain director
- Supply chief
- Procurement director
- Purchasing director
- Equipment manager
- Supply service chief
- Purchasing chief
- Electronic components purchasing chief
- Strategic sourcing director
- Supply-management director
- Electronic components purchasing director
- Merchandise purchasing director
- Building supplies purchasing manager
- Office equipment purchasing manager
- Material and services purchasing manager
- Food purchasing director
- Clothing purchasing director
- Hardware purchasing director
- Contract director
- Supply chain logistics manager
- Procurement operations director
- Purchasing contracts director
- Category purchasing manager
- Supply chain manager
- Contract manager
- Purchasing contracts manager
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Skill type
Business, finance and administration
Last update: January 29, 2026
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