Job description of a purchasing manager

Head of the purchasing department is an important position in businesses, attracting a lot of candidates to pursue because of its attractive salary and high promotion opportunities. So what is the specific job of a purchasing manager? What are the recruitment requirements? Let's find out with Navigos Search through the following article!

 1. Who is a purchasing manager?

Purchasing manager is the head of the purchasing department, responsible for managing the process of purchasing goods, ensuring that the supplier of orders aligns with the needs of the business and meets the conditions and agreements with reasonable prices.

Purchasing manager is the head of purchasing department

2. Job description of a purchasing manager

The purchasing manager is responsible for the following tasks:

• Managing all activities of the purchasing department 
• Planning and managing the budget for the purchasing department
• Evaluating current purchasing policies, researching and developing new appropriate and more effective policies
• Negotiating contracts related to goods and services
• Recruiting and training purchasing department staff
• Evaluating work performance and proposing rewards as well as disciplining employees in the department
• Maintaining records and documents on inventory
• Solving problems in the department, handling problems that arise during the purchasing process
• Advising and consulting executives on highly effective purchasing strategies
• Building and maintaining positive relationships with suppliers and partners
• Maintaining the implementation of strategies and policies related to purchasing in favor of the business

When recruiting a purchasing manager, businesses rely on many criteria such as qualifications, competencies, achievements, skills and experience. Details as follows:

Professional qualifications and experience

Candidates need to have a Bachelor's degree or higher in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Law, Foreign Languages,... and be fluent in specialized English, with at least 3 years of working experience in the role of purchasing manager, deputy purchasing manager, supervisor,...

Knowledge is also an important factor for any manager, including the purchasing manager. Mastering data is the secret of successful collectors, you must know more about what you are purchasing, remember clearly the characteristics and product information to plan and negotiate the right purchase. Having a thorough knowledge of the supplier's work processes and products is the foundation for becoming a professional purchasing manager..

Candidates need to have expertise and working experience

Leadership skills

To manage human resources well in the purchasing department, the purchasing manager needs to have leadership ability. You must accurately assess the capabilities and weaknesses of employees to properly assign the work and train as well as guide them to maximize work performance. Using the right people for the right job will help you achieve success as the head of a department.

Not only managing human resources, but this position also has to allocate time effectively. As a good purchasing manager, you need to work precisely on time to ensure that work is not delayed. You need to know how to prioritize tasks, what needs to be handled immediately to ensure that the tasks assigned by the superiors are well performed.

Communication and negotiation skills

Your duty is to try to get the best deal for the business while the supplier is also trying to make more profit. Therefore, when working with suppliers, you need to find common ground between you and them to make adjustments and balances to ensure that both parties achieve what they want.

For businesses, the goal of negotiations is to purchase quality products and services at the right prices, at the right time, in the right quantity. The success of these deals depends greatly on your own communication and negotiation skills. A good purchasing manager must have a strategic vision, the ability to persuade to successfully negotiate and to bring beneficial purchasing contracts for businesses.

Acumen in financial management

The professional purchasing manager must be able to make smart and effective decisions by assessing the financial factors of the unit. Financial acumen and understanding will also help you negotiate properly, ensuring that all expenses of the department do not exceed the original planned budget.

Tech skills

Knowledge of office computing, proficient use of project management software, purchasing management, ... are also important skills you need to possess. Thanks to this skill, you will manage, monitor and track projects, procurement processes as well as supervise the work of employees in the department effectively, accurately, detect problems in time to have the best solution for problems that arise.

There are a lot of important skills in the profession

Strategic Sourcing

Reliable sourcing, partners and suppliers are one of the factors that ensure the success of your business. The head of the department must know the needs of the business, research and analyze the market situation to know the needs of users. From which, search and select partners and suppliers that match those requirements to promote better business development and increase profits for businesses.

Risk management

It is challenging to avoid risks in purchasing management jobs. Therefore, you must continuously analyze, predict and evaluate the risks of potential contracts in order to have measures and contingency plans to minimize the risk of loss and loss for the business.

4. What are the benefits offered?

When pursuing this career, candidates will have attractive opportunities such as:

• Salary and bonus based on capacity: The current salary of the position of purchasing manager is 15-25 million VND/month. However, depending on the number of years of work experience and capacity, candidates will have different income levels. Please actively cultivate professional experience to own the highest level of income.
• Working environment: With the field of purchasing, you will be able to work in a comfortable environment when you can experience shopping yourself, try products and services, and then start promoting. From which, you will accumulate a lot of experience in the business field for yourself.
• Advancement opportunities: If you do well in the position of purchasing manager for 4-6 years, you can move up to senior positions such as purchasing director, sales director or start your own business in the  logistics industry.

Salary and benefits offered are very attractive

5. Applying for the position of purchasing manager at Navigos Search

Job opportunities as a purchasing manager are now very open, so you won't have too much trouble finding a job. However, the best place and the first choice of most candidates today is still looking for a job through a headhunter company. You just need to prepare the perfect CV and let the headhunter take care of everything. Based on the understanding of the labor market, the headhunter company will select and notify you as soon as the most appropriate recruitment information is available.

Established in 2002, until now, Navigos Search is leading the market in the field of recruiting mid-level and senior-level personnel. The biggest advantage of Navigos Search is owning a team of consultants who are experienced recruitment experts, deeply understanding the value of human resources and the labor market. We call our experts “Dream Makers”. Based on the scientific working process, the candidate's capacity assessment and the current labor market situation, the specialist will conduct a search and discuss the most suitable employer with candidates.

After the candidate is selected, the recruitment specialist continues to closely follow and support the candidate throughout the process of "Achieving success after joining the company".

Besides, with the optimal recruitment solution and 375,000+ senior candidates, 85,000+ senior management level candidates, Navigos Search is confident to be the number 1 "talent hunting" service provider in Vietnam today.

During 20 years of operation, we are proud to bring millions of high-quality mid-level and high-quality jobs to candidates across Vietnam and help hundreds of thousands of businesses and companies get the best human resources.

By adhering to the 5 core values of “Exceeding expectation service - Always improving - Taking responsibility and owning the work you do - Always communicating honestly - Integrity”, Navigos Search has continuously provided services High quality for candidates and recruitment businesses since its inception.

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