How do they match: Procurement Clerks

  • Procurement Specialist
  • Purchasing Specialist

  • Compile information and records to draw up purchase orders for procurement of materials and services.

  • Check shipments when they arrive to ensure that orders have been filled correctly and that goods meet specifications.
  • Compare prices, specifications, and delivery dates to determine the best bid among potential suppliers.
  • Locate suppliers, using sources such as catalogs and the internet, and interview them to gather information about products to be ordered.
  • Maintain knowledge of all organizational and governmental rules affecting purchases, and provide information about these rules to organization staff members and to vendors.
  • Review requisition orders to verify accuracy, terminology, and specifications.

  • Analyze financial information.
  • Obtain information about goods or services.
  • Provide information to coworkers.
  • Send information, materials or documentation.