High opportunity occupation
About this job
Purchasing agents and officers buy the supplies and business services that their companies need to create their own goods and services.
People in this occupation:
- assess the materials, equipment and service their organization needs and develop requirements for the units to be purchased
- apply and sometimes determine policies for purchasing
- help manage their organization's supply chain, since they plan which materials and services to purchase, and schedule when materials arrive
- help the business save money and be more productive
- are employed throughout the public and private sectors
- possess good reasoning and judgment, and an ability to see the broad needs of the organization
- have an interest in comparison shopping and strategic business planning, and have an understanding of corporate financial tasks
- have excellent organization, customer service and communication skills and attention to detail
- have a working knowledge of shipping, transportation, customs and tax regulations
Common job titles
- administrator, purchasing contracts
- agent, land / right-of-way
- agent, purchasing - hotel / restaurant
- analyst, energy asset surface land
- business services purchasing officer
- buyer, grain / ore / pulpwood
- buyer, manufacturing and processing
- buyer, purchasing
- co-ordinator, materials
- examiner, contract claims
- landman / landwoman - oil and gas
- negotiator, land
- negotiator, service contracts
- officer, government supply
- officer, material purchasing
- officer, procurement
- officer, purchasing - contracts
- officer, stewardship
- representative, energy asset joint venture
- specialist, supply chain - procurement
- administrator, purchasing contracts
- agent, land / right-of-way
- agent, purchasing - hotel / restaurant
- analyst, energy asset surface land
- business services purchasing officer
- buyer, grain / ore / pulpwood
- buyer, manufacturing and processing
- buyer, purchasing
- co-ordinator, materials
- examiner, contract claims
- landman / landwoman - oil and gas
- negotiator, land
- negotiator, service contracts
- officer, government supply
- officer, material purchasing
- officer, procurement
- officer, purchasing - contracts
- officer, stewardship
- representative, energy asset joint venture
- specialist, supply chain - procurement
Earnings
Annual provincial median salary
$56,103
Source:
2019 Job Bank Wage data
Provincial hourly rate
Source: 2019 Job Bank Wage Report