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Job Details

Purchasing Manager

Employer

Thick Fiber

Date Posted

November 15, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $53.91 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Dec 15, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Thick Fiber

Languages

English

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tasks

  • Assign projects and programs to the purchasing and warehouse departments across the organization
  • Coordinate activities of personnel engaged in buying, selling and distributing materials, equipment, machinery and supplies
  • Evaluate daily operations
  • Plan and control budget and expenditures
  • Plan and organize daily operations
  • Review purchase order claims and contracts to determine compliance with company policy
  • 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
  • Manage contracts
  • Review and process claims against suppliers
  • Lead sales team in building relationships with business clients and manage negotiations of sales contracts
  • Organize and maintain inventory

Experience

2 years to less than 3 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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