How do they match: Procurement Clerks

  • Supply Coordinator
  • Office Manager
  • Property and Supply Officer
  • Purchasing Manager

  • Compare suppliers' bills with bids and purchase orders to verify accuracy.
  • Compare prices, specifications, and delivery dates to determine the best bid among potential suppliers.
  • Contact suppliers to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems.
  • Locate suppliers, using sources such as catalogs and the internet, and interview them to gather information about products to be ordered.
  • Prepare invitation-of-bid forms, and mail forms to supplier firms or distribute forms for public posting.
  • Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.
  • Respond to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations.

  • Order materials, supplies, or equipment.