NOC 2021 · 12102 · TEER 2
Procurement and purchasing agents and officers
Unit group 12102 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Procurement and purchasing agents and officers source and purchase general and specialized equipment, materials, business services and land or access rights for use or for further processing by their establishment. They are employed throughout the public and private sectors.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- advertising buyer
- business services purchasing officer
- buyer - manufacturing and processing
- buyer - purchasing
- construction contract administrator
- contract administrator
- contract claims examiner
- contract management officer
- contract negotiator
- contract specialist
- contracts officer
- energy asset joint venture representative
- energy asset surface land analyst
- furniture and furnishings purchaser
- government supply officer
- grain buyer
- hotel purchasing agent
- hotel purchasing officer
- land agent
- land negotiator
- landman/woman - oil and gas
- material management officer
- material purchasing officer
- materials coordinator
- media buyer
- media estimator
- media time and space buyer
- mineral land contracts analyst
- office equipment purchasing officer
- ore buyer
- passenger and freight rates analyst
- petroleum land administrator
- procurement officer
- procurement specialist
- products administrator
- pulpwood buyer
- purchaser
- purchasing agent
- purchasing contracts administrator
- purchasing contracts analyst
- purchasing contracts management officer
- purchasing contracts negotiator
- purchasing contracts officer
- purchasing officer
- purchasing supervisor
- purchasing-services contracts negotiator
- radio time buyer
- restaurant purchasing agent
- restaurant purchasing officer
- right-of-way agent
- senior buyer - purchasing
- services contracts negotiator
- sourcing specialist
- stewardship officer
- storage purchasing coordinator
- strategic sourcing analyst
- supply chain specialist - procurement
- television time buyer
- well and facilities asset analyst
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.