A professional who purchases, stores, and issues spare parts for motor vehicles or industrial equipment. Respnsibilities include:

• Obtains purchase order number from purchasing department and assigns identifying number.
• Reads shop manuals to ascertain type and specification of part.
• Visits, telephones, telegraphs, or contacts vendors by mail to order parts.
• Compares invoices against requisitions to verify quality and quantity of merchandise received.
• Stores purchased parts in storeroom bins and issues parts to workers upon request.
• Keeps records of parts received and issued, and inventories parts in storeroom periodically.
• May record repair time expended by mechanics.
• May requisition parts from central parts department for national organization.