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Job Details

Buyer - Purchasing

Employer

Chronicle Coffee Roasters

Date Posted

March 07, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $36.00 hourly + 2% commission per sale
  • Work Hours 35 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date May 25, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Chronicle Coffee Roasters

Languages

English

Education

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Business/commerce, general
  • Hospitality administration/management, general
  • Marketing, other

Work setting

Manufacture

Tasks

  • Consult with suppliers
  • Review quotations
  • Determine contract terms and conditions
  • Award contracts to appropriate parties
  • Establish delivery schedules
  • Oversee the evaluation of the cost and quality of goods or services
  • Manage contracts
  • Organize and maintain inventory
  • Advise senior management
  • Host functions such as weddings, anniversaries, community events, sport events, corporate functions et schools dances

Industrial processes and biological studies

Product development

Area of work experience

  • Purchasing, procurement and contracts
  • Production

Specialization/experience (business sales and services)

Negotiation

Transportation/travel information

Willing to travel

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Time management
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative

Screening questions

  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Workplace information

On the road job

Health benefits

Health care plan

Financial benefits

Commission


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Buyer - Purchasing is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Purchasing Agents and Officers
METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to establish delivery schedules and to monitor progress

DIRECTIVE

Interest in negotiating or determining contract terms and conditions and in awarding supplier contracts or recommending contract awards; may hire, train and supervise purchasing clerks

social

Interest in contacting clients and suppliers to resolve problems

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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