BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Purchasing Manager
- an individual with responsibility for all activities concerned with purchasing. The responsibilities of a purchasing manager can include ordering, commercial negotiations, and delivery chasing.
- Also known as Buying Manager
Additional Resources
- Mark Preston.(Wenatchee Valley Medical Center)(Certified Purchasing Manager through the Institute for Supply Management)(Brief article)
- * Mark Preston, manager of the Materials Management Department at Wenatchee Valley Medical Center, has earned the status of Certified Purchasing Manager through the Institute for Supply Management in Tempe, Ariz. He took preparatory courses through t * Mark Preston, manager of the Materials Management Department...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Quill.com Introduces Purchasing Manager; New Feature Centralizes Control of Supply Buying for Multi-Site Businesses
- Business Editors LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 25, 2001 Quill Corporation, America's premier business-to-business source for school and office supplies, today announced Purchasing Manager, the latest feature on its e-commerce site, quill.com. The new, free tool enables multi-site organizations to easily centralize control of supply buying, increasing purchasing efficiencies and...
- Research articles 2001-07-25
- Philips. (Brian K. Kenyon, purchasing manager of Philips Lighting Company)(Professional Profile)(Interview)
- Name: Brian K. Kenyon Title: Purchasing manager Company: Philips Lighting Company, Somerset, N.J. The division produces lighting products, including fluorescent, incandescent, and automotive. Reports to: Richard White, director of purchasi Name: Brian K. Kenyon ...
- Research articles 1996-04-25
- Bingguang Li, Ph.D., is recognized as a certified purchasing manager by the Institute for Supply Management.(KUDOS CELEBRATING MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS)(Harry F. Boyd Jr. School of Business )(Brief article)
- Bingguang Li, Ph.D., is recognized as a certified purchasing manager by the Institute for Supply Management. He is an assistant professor of supply chain management and quantitative methods at the Harry F. Boyd Jr. School of Business at Shenandoah Un Bingguang Li, Ph.D., is recognized as...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- Is a Slower Decrease a “Green Shoot”? May Purchasing Manager Surveys
- Economies that are in outright recovery mode are still pretty scarce: the June 1 release of the JPMorgan Global Manufacturing Purchasing Manager Index Global PMI reports that manufacturing is on the rise in only three -- the emerging markets of China, India, and Turkey. Everywhere else production is still falling,...
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- Purchasing Manager Resume Cover Letter
- This is a template for purchasing manager resume cover letter. If you are applying for a purchasing manager job, don't forget to send such cover letter with it.
- Tools & templates 2009-01-01
- Sample Purchasing Manager Resume
- Various business companies need purchase managers to find out best merchandise at lowest possible cost. They arrange meetings, conferences, trade shows with the help of other workers to inspect products. They evaluate their suppliers on the basis of cost, quality, reliability, availability and selection variety. Purchasing manager finds the right...
- Tools & templates 2009-01-01
- Heeley joins FA's team as purchasing manager
- Marc Heeley has been appointed purchasing manager at the Football Association. He joins the London-based organisation after two-and-a-half years as a sourcing specialist at Prudential. Heeley will be part of a small team in a department with a budget in the tens of millions of pounds, reporting to head of...
- Research articles 2004-07-08
- Purchasing Manager
- The Purchasing Manager job description template includes the following job summary: Manages all aspects of purchasing including selecting and assessing vendors. Maintains records and supervises personnel. Additional information available includes essential job functions, additional responsibilities, and education and experience requirements.
- Tools & templates 2007-09-09
- Purchasing Manager, Petroleum Products Job Description
- The Purchasing Manager, Petroleum Products job description template includes the following job summary: Participates in the procurement of fuel and related petroleum products necessary for the operation of the railroad. Supervises the procurement of materials and supplies necessary for the maintenance and operation of the Company. Reviews Buyer recommendation on...
- Tools & templates 2007-09-09
- Purchasing Manager, Petroleum Products
- The Purchasing Manager, Petroleum Products job description template includes the following job summary: Participates in the procurement of fuel and related petroleum products necessary for the operation of the railroad, supervises the procurement of materials and supplies necessary for the maintenance and operation of the Company, reviews Buyer recommendation on...
- Tools & templates 2008-11-01
- Grand prize.(FYI)(Beth Ann Leone, purchasing manager at Revlon)(Brief Article)
- Beth Ann Leone, purchasing manager, chemicals & fragrances, Revlon, was the winner in the GCI and Cosmetics & Toiletries drawing at the 2004 SCC Suppliers Day for a free book from Allured Publishing Corporation.
- Research articles 2004-08-01
- William P. Lidwell. (Purchasing Manager, New Pig Corp.) (Professional Profile) (Column)
- Name: William P. Lidwell Title: Purchasing manager, Merchandised Products Division Company: New Pig Corp., Tipton, Pa., marketers and developers of environmental solutions to industrial leak and spill response problems. Product line ranges from the original PIG |R~ absorbent sock to products ...
- Research articles 1993-09-23
- Purchasing turns to resellers for PC buy. (personal computer purchasing) (Office Products & Business Systems: A Special Section for the Office Systems Buyer)
- When Karen Smith, a purchasing unit manager for Key Corp., Albany, N.Y., needs to place an order for a couple of the 1,000 or more personal computers she buys annually, she goes to a company where the price has been negotiated, the system configured, and the delivery...
- Research articles 1993-03-18
- Stainless Sales.(Purchasing pros on the move)(Brief Article)
- Jayne Shaults has been promoted to purchasing manager of Stainless Sales, a metal service center in Chicago. In her new position, she is responsible for purchasing the stainless steel and other metals inventoried by the firm, and will supervise supplier selection and supplier performance tracking. Shaults...
- Research articles 2004-11-04
- Amex exec offers some card advice. (American Express, Jay Rising) (includes related article on purchasing manager survey)
- If you're not investigating purchasing cards, then accounts payable probably is. That's what Jay Rising of American Express told a standing-room-only crowd at an NAPM workshop on using a purchasing card as a process improvement tool. More tha ...
- Research articles 1994-06-02
- Global Purchasing Managers Show Smiles
- The world manufacturing economy is far from a convincing expansion, but the collective reports from purchasing managers in 26 countries say that in most markets, business has stopped contracting. For the group as a whole, prices and employment are still falling, although at smaller rates, but output and new orders,...
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Andrew to lead group purchasing at Britannia
- Paul Andrew has been appointed group purchasing manager at Britannia Building Society based in Leek, Staffordshire. Andrew was previously at Capital One Bank Europe, based in Nottingham, as senior category manager for the £60 million marketing services budget. Procurement is centralised at Britannia and Andrew will lead a team of...
- Research articles 2004-05-13
- Susan Kobet. (Ford Motor Co.)(Profile of a purchasing manager) (Column)
- Nobody has made a bigger deal over quality than Ford "quality is Job 1"). Supplier relations is also getting a lot of attention from the automaker these days. So, when Susan Kobet, an 18-year purchasing veteran, was put in charge of both Nobody...
- Research articles 1991-11-07
- Lopez takes a page from the Japanese with PICOS. (purchased input concept optimization with suppliers program from General Motors Corp's new purchasing manager J. Ignacio Lopez de Arriortua) (Automotive/OEM News)
- Suppliers are reacting to GM's new purchasing czar as if he were some latter-day conquistador ready to wreak havoc in the new world. True, Dr. Lopez does frequently refer to buyers as warriors; but our guess is it's the samurai he would rather emulat Suppliers are...
- Research articles 1992-11-05
