Occupation Atlaspurchase planner
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/dbdc9f7b-31c6-4f21-a9c5-48253bb69c08
purchase planner
Purchase planners organise the continuous supply with goods out of existing contracts.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
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
CERConventional · Enterprising · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.92
- E Enterprising4.91
- R Realistic3.12
- S Social2.11
- I Investigative1.20
- A Artistic1.14
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 Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks (43-5061.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (20)
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.
- apply numeracy skills
- assess supplier risks
- embargo regulations
- ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations
- export control principles
- have computer literacy
- identify new business opportunities
- identify suppliers
- international import export regulations
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- manage purchasing cycle
- negotiate buying conditions
- perform market research
- perform multiple tasks at the same time
- perform procurement processes
- prepare purchasing reportings
- supply chain management
- track price trends
- transportation methods
- visit suppliers
Optional (25)
- analyse consumer buying trends
- analyse logistic changes
- assess procurement needs
- carry out statistical forecasts
- category specific expertise
- check shipments
- communicate with customers
- conduct research on food waste prevention
- create solutions to problems
- design indicators for food waste reduction
- develop food waste reduction strategies
- implement procurement of innovation
- implement sustainable procurement
- international business
- manage procurement planning
- manage standard enterprise resource planning system
- manufacturer's recommended price
- negotiate sales contracts
- perform procurement market analysis
- plan schedule
- procurement legislation
- procurement lifecycle
- report accounts of the professional activity
- show diplomacy
- 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 20 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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