Purchasing Managers

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Purchasing Managers

• By Zachary

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Overview

• Purchasing managers do a great deal of research.
• Buy goods for company rather then selling them.
• Computers have major effect on this job.
• Work close with employees
• Trade other info and exchange with others

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Task Lists

• Maintain Records of supplies ordered and
  received.
• Prepare and process orders for supplies.
• Evaluate supplies based on price, quality,
  service, and other factors.
• Supervise other company employees.
• Control purchasing department budgets.

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Common Work Activities

• Communicate with supervisors, peers, or
  subordinates.
• Make decisions and solve problems.
• Organize, plan, and prioritize work.
• Judge the value of objects, services, or people.
• Get information needed to do the job.

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Working Conditions

• Have high level of social interaction.
• Are often placed in conflict situations.
• Write letters and memos on a weakly basis.
• Work in a group or as a part of a team.
• Are responsible for the health and safety of the
  coworkers.

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Physical Demands

• Sit for long periods of time.
• Repeat The same movements.
• Use fingers to grasp, move, or assemble very
  small objects.
• See details of objects that are less than a few
  feet away.
• Understand the speech of another person

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Skills And Abilities

• Express ideas clearly when speaking or writing.
• Notice when something is wrong something is
  likely to go wrong
• Make use of the information my studying it.
• Analyze ideas and use logic to determine their
  strengths and weaknesses.
• Concentrate and dont get distracted by work.

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Knowledge Preparation

• High school diploma
• Know about computers and finances
• Motivate people
• Knowing the English language
• Arithmetic algebra etc

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Helpful High School Courses

• Accounting
• Banking and Finance
• Computer applications
• Economics
• Business

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Hiring Practices Licensing and Certification

• Familiar with the merchants they sell.
• Other recruit and train college graduates
• Most require that purchasers be able to use
  computers.
• Know how to use word processing
• good communication, negotiation, and math skills.

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Average Yearly Wages

• Ohio Yearly median is 81,500
• Cleveland Median is 83,130
• Akron Median is 78,820
• Columbus 86,650
• Youngstown 73,960

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Employment and Outlooks

• Business Manager companies
• Federal, state, local government agencies
• Navigational and measuring equipment manufactures
  
• Grocery Products wholesalers
• Demand for managers will not keep pace with
  growing economy

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Interests Advancements Opportunities

• Consider good working conditions important.
• Consider independence important. Like to make
  decisions.
• Achievement importance.
• Have expressing interests.
• Social interests.

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References

• OCIS