Procurement Clerks
Procurement Specialist, Procurement Technician, Purchasing Assistant, Purchasing Clerk
see titles from the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, or Navy.
Aircraft Loadmaster; Aircraft Loadmaster Superintendent; Contracting Journeyman; Fleet Management And Analysis Helper; In-Flight Refueling Journeyman; Logistics Plans Helper; Materiel Management Craftsman; Medical Materiel Craftsman; Operations Management Apprentice; Traffic Management; Traffic Management Superintendent
Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ALandT) Contracting NCO; Ammunition Specialist; Ammunition Stock Control and Accounting Specialist; Ammunition Warrant Officer; Cargo Specialist; Transportation Management Coordinator; Unit Supply Specialist
Ammunition Technician; Aviation Maintenance Data Specialist; Aviation Operations Specialist; Aviation Supply Specialist; Distribution Management Specialist; Individual Material Readiness List (IMRL) Asset Manager; Inventory Management Specialist; Operational Contract Support Specialist; Supply Chain and Materiel Management Specialist
Aviation Maintenance Administrationman; Logistics Specialist; Logistics Specialist (Submarine)
What they do:
Compile information and records to draw up purchase orders for procurement of materials and services.
On the job, you would:
- Perform buying duties when necessary.
- Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.
- Compare suppliers' bills with bids and purchase orders to verify accuracy.
Business
- administrative services
- customer service
Arts and Humanities
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
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Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- order or arrange things
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
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People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Independence
- Stress Tolerance
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You might use software like this on the job:
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
- Oracle PeopleSoft
Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Access
Office suite software
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associate's degree or
bachelor's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, or Navy.
