How do they match: Order Clerks

  • Film Rental Clerk
  • Preservation Manager
  • Food and Beverage Order Clerk
  • Gas Distribution and Emergency Clerk
  • Shipping and Receiving Clerk

  • Receive and process incoming orders for materials, merchandise, classified ads, or services such as repairs, installations, or rental of facilities. Generally receives orders via mail, phone, fax, or other electronic means. Duties include informing customers of receipt, prices, shipping dates, and delays; preparing contracts; and handling complaints.

  • Prepare invoices, shipping documents, and contracts.
  • Adjust inventory records to reflect product movement.
  • Calculate and compile order-related statistics, and prepare reports for management.
  • Confer with production, sales, shipping, warehouse, or common carrier personnel to expedite or trace shipments.
  • Direct specified departments or units to prepare and ship orders to designated locations.
  • Obtain customers' names, addresses, and billing information, product numbers, and specifications of items to be purchased, and enter this information on order forms.
  • Verify customer and order information for correctness, checking it against previously obtained information as necessary.

  • Prepare documentation for contracts, transactions, or regulatory compliance.
  • Monitor inventories of products or materials.
  • Promote products, services, or programs.