You handle procurement-related clerical work — filing, data entry, paperwork support, basic supplier-contact work — supporting the procurement team with the administrative work that purchasing operations depend on.
A procurement clerk's day runs through the administrative queue — filing purchase orders, maintaining supplier-records databases, supporting the team with data entry, fielding routine supplier calls about status, supporting the operational paperwork behind procurement decisions. Records accuracy and paperwork timeliness anchor the operating measures.
What complicates the work is the volume of small precise details — procurement records carry purchase quantities, prices, terms, and supplier information across thousands of transactions, and small errors compound across the operational workflow. Variance across employers shapes the role: government procurement clerks work under FAR or state-procurement-rule frameworks; corporate procurement clerks support purchasing operations under varied internal policies; institutional procurement (universities, hospitals, nonprofits) runs under sector-specific frameworks.
It fits people organized with administrative work, patient through repetitive data entry, and reliable across steady administrative rhythms. Procurement-track training and CPM credentials anchor advancement. The trade-off is the modest pay and limited visibility of clerk-level procurement work — the role operates in the background of procurement decisions, and advancement typically requires moving into assistant, technician, or specialist roles.
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View all Admin & Office roles →You handle procurement-related clerical work — filing, data entry, paperwork support, basic supplier-contact work — supporting the procurement team with the administrative work that purchasing operations depend on.
Median pay for a Procurement Clerk is about $49K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $37K to $66K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, and Social Perceptiveness.
Most people in this role hold a high school diploma.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 8.7% through 2034, with roughly 59,900 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Procurement Buyer, Procurement Official, and Procurement and Contracting Buyer.
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