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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of buyers, purchasing officers, and related workers involved in purchasing materials, products, and services. Includes wholesale or retail trade merchandising managers and procurement managers. | Maintain records of goods ordered and received. | |||
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Locate vendors of materials, equipment or supplies, and interview them to determine product availability and terms of sales. | ||||
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Prepare and process requisitions and purchase orders for supplies and equipment. | ||||
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Control purchasing department budgets. | ||||
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Interview and hire staff, and oversee staff training. | ||||
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Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy. | ||||
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Analyze market and delivery systems to assess present and future material availability. | ||||
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Develop and implement purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures. | ||||
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Participate in the development of specifications for equipment, products or substitute materials. | ||||
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Resolve vendor or contractor grievances, and claims against suppliers. | ||||
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Represent companies in negotiating contracts and formulating policies with suppliers. | ||||
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Review, evaluate, and approve specifications for issuing and awarding bids. | ||||
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Direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in buying, selling, and distributing materials, equipment, machinery, and supplies. | ||||
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Prepare bid awards requiring board approval. | ||||
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Prepare reports regarding market conditions and merchandise costs. | ||||
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Administer online purchasing systems. | ||||
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Arrange for disposal of surplus materials. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Purchasing Manager
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. | |||
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Economics and Accounting | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. | |||
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Personnel and Human Resources | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Clerical | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. | |||
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Psychology | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. | |||
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Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Management of Financial Resources | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. | |||
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Management of Material Resources | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. | |||
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Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Ariba Spend Management Suite | Procurement software | |||
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Automated purchase order software | Procurement software | |||
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Bottomline Technologies Bottomline Sprinter Purchasing Manager | Procurement software | |||
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Bowen & Groves M1 ERP | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | |||
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Business Objects Crystal Reports | Data base reporting software | |||
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Corel Paradox | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Database software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Enterprise resource planning ERP software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | |||
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Epicor Vantage ERP | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | |||
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IBM Lotus Notes | Electronic mail software | |||
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Inventory management software | Inventory management software | |||
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Lawson M3 Supply Chain Management software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | |||
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Material requirement planning MRP software | Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software | |||
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Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Office Visio | Charting software | |||
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Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | |||
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Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | |||
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Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | |||
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Microsoft Project | Project management software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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Oracle DBMS | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | |||
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Oracle PeopleSoft | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | |||
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Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial Management Solutions | Financial analysis software | |||
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Point of sale POS software | Point of sale POS software | |||
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Primavera Systems SureTrak Project Manager | Project management software | |||
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Purchasing software | Procurement software | |||
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PurchasingNet eProcurement | Procurement software | |||
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SAP software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | |||
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Scheduling software | Calendar and scheduling software | |||
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Spreadsheet software | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Web browser software | Internet browser software | |||
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Word processing software | Word processing software | |||
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10-key calculators | Calculators or accessories | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Bachelor's Degree | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Buyer | |||
Circuit Rider | |||
Circuit Walker | |||
Commissary Superintendent | |||
Commodity Manager | |||
Contract Administrator | |||
Contract Coordinator | |||
Contract Manager | |||
Contracting Manager | |||
Contracting Officer | |||
Contracts Specialist | |||
Demand Planner | |||
Director of Materials | |||
Director of Purchasing | |||
Director of Strategic Sourcing | |||
Division Merchandise Manager (DMM) | |||
General Merchandise Manager | |||
Import Coordinator | |||
Leasing Manager | |||
Livestock, Grain, Cotton and Other Farm Products Purchasing Director | |||
Material Manager | |||
Materials Coordinator | |||
Materials Manager | |||
Merchandise Director | |||
Merchandise Executive | |||
Merchandise Manager | |||
Merchandise Planner | |||
Merchandising Manager | |||
Procurement Agent | |||
Procurement Manager | |||
Procurement Officer | |||
Procurement Services Manager | |||
Property and Supply Officer | |||
Purchasing Agent | |||
Purchasing Analyst | |||
Purchasing Coordinator | |||
Purchasing Director | |||
Purchasing Manager | |||
Purchasing Officer | |||
Purchasing Supervisor | |||
Sourcing Manager | |||
Sourcing Specialist | |||
Supply Chain Manager | |||
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