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Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| purchaser | Occupational skill for the role 'purchaser' (also: supply agent, purchasing office worker, purchasing and supply office worker, procurement and supply agent, purchasing assistant, purchasing and supply assistant). Use when the user asks for typical purchaser work such as: Approve and pay bills.; Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.; Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, ordering more materials when necessary. |
Purchaser
Purchasers select and purchase stock, materials, services or goods. They organise tender procedures and select suppliers.
Core workflow
- Approve and pay bills.
- Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.
- Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, ordering more materials when necessary.
- Respond to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations.
- Perform buying duties when necessary.
- Contact suppliers to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems.
- Review requisition orders to verify accuracy, terminology, and specifications.
- Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports and price lists.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- assess supplier risks
- communicate price changes
- compare contractors' bids
- coordinate purchasing activities
- embargo regulations
- ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations
- export control principles
- have computer literacy
- identify suppliers
- international import export regulations
- issue purchase orders
- maintain relationship with customers
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- manage contracts
- manage purchasing cycle
Hot technologies
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Microsoft Access
- Oracle Database
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Oracle PeopleSoft
- SAP software
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/29fa406d-de89-4515-be8d-0fe7bda993f1), ONET 30.3 (43-3061.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*