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SSOC 2024 unit

Construction & Real Estate Verified · 21 Mar 2024

43116

Procurement/Purchasing clerk

Procurement/Purchasing clerk compiles information and records to draw up purchase orders for procurement of materials and services. He/she prepares purchase orders for outsourced repair works and procurement, and checks the accuracy of invoices received in consultation with the purchasing departments. He/she also works with vendors to schedule shipping and delivery times, and keeps records and verifies current inventory levels to prevent inventory gaps.

Level

unit

Mapped ISCO

1

Source

SingStat

In this unit group: sibling units

Official data

Official nameSingapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024)
Issuing authorityDepartment of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS)
Tax authorityInland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS)
PurposeClassifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting.
Active versionSSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024)
Hierarchy levelUnit (final leaf, 5-digit)
Sourcehttps://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic
Prior versionsSSIC 2020, SSIC 2015

Definition & tasks

Procurement/Purchasing clerk compiles information and records to draw up purchase orders for procurement of materials and services. He/she prepares purchase orders for outsourced repair works and procurement, and checks the accuracy of invoices received in consultation with the purchasing departments. He/she also works with vendors to schedule shipping and delivery times, and keeps records and verifies current inventory levels to prevent inventory gaps.

Tasks

No tasks listed.

Examples

Under this unit

No examples found.

Elsewhere

•Ÿ  Planning clerk (materials supply), see 43221 •Ÿ  Production planning clerk, see 43222

Hierarchy context

4→43→431→4311→43116 Procurement/Purchasing clerk

Correspondence tables

SSOC 2020

  • 43116 — Procurement/Purchasing clerk

ISCO-08

  • 4311 — Accounting and bookkeeping clerks

Alphabetical index entries

Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.

Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.

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