Purchasing and Inventory Clerks
Job description
These individuals process transactions and verify equipment and inventory. They work in:
- Businesses
- Plants
- Government agencies
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
Purchasing Clerks
- Check the accuracy of the requests and quantity in stock.
- Calculate the cost of orders, request payment, or forward invoices to the relevant departments.
- Find supply sources, get prices, and fill out purchase orders.
- Establish delivery schedules with suppliers.
- Solve problems (missing items, forgotten deliveries, etc.).
- Prepare and maintain purchase files, reports, and price lists.
Inventory Control Clerk
- Maintain, monitor, adjust, and compile inventory reports.
- Prepare orders to replenish available inventory.
- Ensure turnover of items, list expired items and dispose of them.
- Enter the necessary data for the preparation of the production schedule.
- Reconcile computer-calculated inventories with the manual count of inventory items.
Advancement and mobility
- The duties of purchasing and inventory clerks may overlap in some establishments.
- Additional experience or training may lead to supervisory or senior positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.- Minimum
- $14.25
- Median
- $19.00
- Maximum
- $26.44
Job prospects for 2021-2025
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Job prospects for 2021-2025
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2020
All of Québec
6,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 48.9% Female
- 51.1% Male
Not available.
- 48.9% Female
- 51.1% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2015
All of Québec
$43,000
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 44, 4527% of jobs
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NAICS 4117% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 5610% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 494% of jobs
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NAICS 914% of jobs
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Others38% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 44, 4527% of jobs
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NAICS 4117% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 5610% of jobs
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NAICS 48, 494% of jobs
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NAICS 914% of jobs
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Others38% of jobs