Occupation Atlaspurchasing manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/377865f0-c327-4599-8c7e-d428c6588edf
purchasing manager
Purchasing managers are in charge of buying goods, equipment and services for their company, and try to ensure the most competitive prices. They are also responsible for negotiating contracts, reviewing the quality of products and analysing suppliers, and for the use and resale of goods and services.
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Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising7.00
- C Conventional5.98
- S Social2.70
- R Realistic2.49
- I Investigative1.77
- A Artistic1.20
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Purchasing Managers (11-3061.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (25)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- analyse logistic changes
- analyse supply chain strategies
- analyse supply chain trends
- assess supplier risks
- coordinate purchasing activities
- corporate social responsibility
- estimate costs of required supplies
- follow company standards
- identify suppliers
- issue sales invoices
- liaise with managers
- maintain relationship with customers
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- manage budgets
- manage contracts
- manage inventory
- negotiate buying conditions
- negotiate sales contracts
- order supplies
- quality standards
- strive for company growth
- study sales levels of products
- supplier management
- supply chain management
- supply chain principles
Optional (28)
- advise on sustainable management policies
- analyse consumer buying trends
- assess procurement needs
- attend trade fairs
- calculate purchasing levels of raw materials
- carry out statistical forecasts
- category specific expertise
- ensure equipment availability
- implement procurement of innovation
- implement sustainable procurement
- international business
- maintain contract administration
- manage procurement planning
- manage rented goods returns
- manage staff
- manage supplies
- market pricing
- monitor stock level
- perform procurement market analysis
- pricing strategies
- procurement legislation
- procurement lifecycle
- recruit employees
- risk management
- sustainable manufacturing
- track price trends
- train employees
- use e-procurement
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 25 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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16 shared · 7 more of its ownestimate costs of required supplies, analyse logistic changes, supply chain principles, supplier management
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ICT vendor relationship manager
9 shared · 10 more of its owncoordinate purchasing activities, analyse supply chain strategies, analyse supply chain trends, identify suppliers
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ICT buyer
7 shared · 12 more of its owncoordinate purchasing activities, analyse supply chain strategies, identify suppliers, negotiate buying conditions
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purchaser
7 shared · 13 more of its owncoordinate purchasing activities, assess supplier risks, identify suppliers, supply chain management
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operations manager
7 shared · 17 more of its ownstrive for company growth, supply chain management, follow company standards, corporate social responsibility
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trade regional manager
7 shared · 20 more of its ownstudy sales levels of products, identify suppliers, negotiate buying conditions, negotiate sales contracts
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