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Job Details

Purchasing Manager

Employer

All Home

Date Posted

November 13, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Drayton Valley, AB
  • Earnings $53.91 hourly
  • Work Hours 32 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Dec 13, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

All Home

Languages

English

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tasks

  • Coordinate activities of personnel engaged in buying, selling and distributing materials, equipment, machinery and supplies
  • Plan and organize daily operations
  • Plan, develop and implement purchasing policies and procedures
  • Oversee the evaluation of the cost and quality of goods or services
  • Authorize the development of specifications for products or services
  • Review and process claims against suppliers

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Attention to detail

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years


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

Interest Codes

Purchasing Managers
DIRECTIVE

Interest in co-ordinating information to plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the purchasing activities of establishments, and to approve contracts, purchase orders and invoices

METHODICAL

Interest in identifying vendors of materials, equipment and supplies, in reviewing and processing claims against suppliers, and in participating in the development of specifications for equipment, products and substitute materials

social

Interest in negotiating and overseeing the negotiation of purchase contracts

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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