Job Duties
Purchasing control workers
1. Review requisition orders for accuracy and verify that materials, equipment and stock are not available from current inventories
2. Source and obtain price quotations from catalogues and suppliers and prepare purchase orders
3. Calculate cost of orders and charge or forward invoices to appropriate accounts
4. Process purchases within purchasing authority
5. Contact suppliers to schedule deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed deliveries and other problems
6. Prepare and maintain purchasing files, reports and price lists.
Inventory control workers
1. 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
2. Compile inventory reports, recording the quantity, type and value of materials, equipment and stock on hand, using manual or computerized inventory systems
3. Prepare requisition orders to replenish materials, equipment and stock
4. Maintain stock rotation and dispose of and account for outdated stock
5. Enter data for production scheduling, stock replenishment/relocation and inventory adjustments
6. Reconcile physical inventories with computer counts.
Education Requirement
1. Completion of secondary school is usually required.
2. Courses in purchasing management may be required for purchasing control workers.
3. Courses in production and inventory management and ability to operate a computerized inventory system may be required for inventory control workers.
1 to 8 years experience required 
32,500 CAD to 48,300 CAD P.A. 
Canada
