Job prospects Purchasing Contracts Administrator in Québec

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Job opportunities in Québec

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Procurement and purchasing agents and officers (NOC 12102) in Quebec for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

The strength of exports and imports and an increase in public and private business investments are enhancing job prospects for this profession.

The development of e-commerce, the digitization of business activities and the implementation of telework could maintain job growth for these workers.

Companies are likely to choose employees with appropriate experience and computer skills to complete purchase transactions on the companies' software.

While the employment outlook for this occupation is good at the provincial level, it will be moderate in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Outaouais, Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec.

Here are some key facts about Procurement and purchasing agents and officers in Quebec:

• Approximately 17,750 people work in this occupation.
• Procurement and purchasing agents and officers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 10%
  • Construction (NAICS 23): 8%
  • Transportation equipment manufacturing (NAICS 336): 7%
  • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 7%
• 77% of procurement and purchasing agents and officers work all year, while 23% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 47 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of procurement and purchasing agents and officers are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 50% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 50% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 18% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 13% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 28% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 25% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 12% compared to 11% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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