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Purchasing Managers

Description

Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of buyers, purchasing officers, and related workers involved in purchasing materials, products, and services.

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Experience

A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Education

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks

Directs and coordinates activities of personnel engaged in buying, selling, and distributing materials, equipment, machinery, and supplies.
Develops and implements office, operations, and systems instructions, policies, and procedures.
Conducts inventory and directs buyers in purchase of products, materials, and supplies.
Determines merchandise costs and formulates and coordinates merchandising policies and activities to ensure profit.
Represents company in formulating policies and negotiating contracts with suppliers.
Prepares, reviews, and processes requisitions and purchase orders for supplies and equipment.
Analyzes market and delivery systems to determine present and future material availability.
Prepares report regarding market conditions and merchandise costs.

National Average Salary

$61,250.00/year

Average Salary in Maryland

$62,320.00/year

Important Abilities

   1. Speech Clarity
   2. Oral Expression
   3. Mathematical Reasoning
   4. Number Facility
   5. Written Expression

General Work Activities

   1. Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
   2. Monitoring and Controlling Resources
   3. Making Decisions and Solving Problems
   4. Communicating With Other Workers
   5. Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing

Important Skills

   1. Information Gathering
   2. Management of Personnel Resources
   3. Speaking
   4. Judgment and Decision Making
   5. Coordination

Frequent Work Context

   1. Job-Required Social Interaction
   2. Responsibility for Outcomes and Results
   3. Consequence of Error
   4. Objective or Subjective Information
   5. Coordinate or Lead Others

Related Careers

Related Majors (A) Associate (B) Bachelors (C) Certificate (D) Doctor (M) Master

Acquisition/Contract Management (A)
Contract Management (M)
Individualized Contract (B)
Management of Purchases (A)
Management of Purchases (B)
Material Acquisition Management (M)
Procurement/Acquisitions/Contracts Management (B)
Procurement/Public Contracting (B)
Purchases/Acquisitions (A)
Purchasing (B)
Purchasing/Materials Management (B)
Purchasing/Procurement/Acquisitions Contracts/Managements (D)
Purchasing/Procurement/Acquisitions/Contract/Management (B)
Purchasing/Supply Management (B)

MarylandMentor Institutions Offering Related Majors

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