14403 Purchasing and inventory control workers

What this occupation covers

Purchasing and inventory control workers process purchasing transactions and maintain inventories of materials, equipment and stock. They are employed by retail and wholesale establishments, manufacturing companies, government agencies and other establishments.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 12 main duties for this code.

• Review requisition orders for accuracy and verify that materials, equipment and stock are not available from current inventories
• Source and obtain price quotations from catalogues and suppliers and prepare purchase orders
• Calculate cost of orders and charge or forward invoices to appropriate accounts
• Process purchases within purchasing authority
• Contact suppliers to schedule deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed deliveries and other problems
• Prepare and maintain purchasing files, reports and price lists.
• 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
• Compile inventory reports, recording the quantity, type and value of materials, equipment and stock on hand, using manual or computerized inventory systems
• Prepare requisition orders to replenish materials, equipment and stock
• Maintain stock rotation and dispose of and account for outdated stock
• Enter data for production scheduling, stock replenishment/relocation and inventory adjustments
• Reconcile physical inventories with computer counts.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 12 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 12013 Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations
• 12102 Procurement and purchasing agents and officers
• 62101 Retail and wholesale buyers
• 14401 Storekeepers and partspersons

Excluded from this code

• Inventory clerks supervisor (See 12013 Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations)
• Procurement and purchasing agents and officers (See 12102 Procurement and purchasing agents and officers)
• Retail and wholesale buyers (See 62101 Retail and wholesale buyers)
• Storekeepers and partspersons (See 14401 Storekeepers and partspersons)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

equipment inventory clerk · food and beverage control clerk - inventory · food controller - inventory · inventory analyst · inventory auditor · inventory clerk · inventory control clerk · inventory planner · invoice and purchase order checker · invoice control clerk · liquor controller - inventory · permanent inventory clerk · printing plates order clerk · procurement clerk · purchase order clerk · purchasing clerk · purchasing clerk assistant · purchasing control clerk · ship supply clerk · supply clerk · supply technician - Canadian Armed Forces

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Courses in purchasing management may be required for purchasing control workers.
• Courses in production and inventory management and ability to operate a computerized inventory system may be required for inventory control workers.