Occupation Atlasleather raw materials purchasing manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/80db1e93-6dad-49aa-b465-d64a4a73141b
leather raw materials purchasing manager
Leather raw materials purchasing managers plan and purchase supplies of hides, skins, wet-blue or crust in coordination with the production requirements. They negotiate processes and forecast the levels of demand for products to meet business needs and keep constant check on stock levels and quality to maximise business efficiency. They identify potential suppliers, visit existing suppliers, and develop business relationships with them.
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Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
CERConventional · Enterprising · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.65
- E Enterprising5.09
- R Realistic3.50
- S Social1.93
- I Investigative1.82
- A Artistic1.19
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 Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products (13-1023.00): 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 (21)
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.
- adapt to changing situations
- control of expenses
- control trade commercial documentation
- cost management
- create solutions to problems
- execute working instructions
- health and safety in the workplace
- identify defects on raw hides
- identify with the company's goals
- liaise with colleagues
- manage environmental impact of operations
- manage quality of leather throughout the production process
- manage staff
- manage supplies
- monitor operations in the leather industry
- physico-chemical properties of crust leather
- physico-chemical properties of hides and skins
- purchase raw material supplies
- quality control systems
- seek innovation in current practices
- use communication techniques
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 21 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
leather production manager
17 shared · 16 more of its ownquality control systems, purchase raw material supplies, physico-chemical properties of crust leather, physico-chemical properties of hides and skins
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leather wet processing department manager
15 shared · 12 more of its ownquality control systems, purchase raw material supplies, physico-chemical properties of crust leather, physico-chemical properties of hides and skins
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finished leather warehouse manager
13 shared · 4 more of its ownquality control systems, monitor operations in the leather industry, manage quality of leather throughout the production process, identify defects on raw hides
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leather finishing operations manager
13 shared · 15 more of its ownphysico-chemical properties of crust leather, monitor operations in the leather industry, manage quality of leather throughout the production process, identify defects on raw hides
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leather laboratory technician
11 shared · 10 more of its ownquality control systems, physico-chemical properties of crust leather, physico-chemical properties of hides and skins, manage quality of leather throughout the production process
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raw materials warehouse specialist
10 shared · 10 more of its ownpurchase raw material supplies, physico-chemical properties of crust leather, physico-chemical properties of hides and skins, identify defects on raw hides
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leather production planner
9 shared · 5 more of its ownmanage quality of leather throughout the production process, identify with the company's goals, health and safety in the workplace, execute working instructions
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colour sampling technician
9 shared · 14 more of its ownphysico-chemical properties of crust leather, identify with the company's goals, seek innovation in current practices, manage environmental impact of operations
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