Occupation Atlaspurchaser
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/29fa406d-de89-4515-be8d-0fe7bda993f1
purchaser
Purchasers select and purchase stock, materials, services or goods. They organise tender procedures and select suppliers.
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Job Zone
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- 3
- 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
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 exact 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.
- assess supplier risks
- communicate price changes
- compare contractors' bids
- coordinate purchasing activities
- embargo regulations
- ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations
- export control principles
- have computer literacy
- identify suppliers
- international import export regulations
- issue purchase orders
- maintain relationship with customers
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- manage contracts
- manage purchasing cycle
- manage tender processes
- perform procurement processes
- speak different languages
- supply chain management
- track price trends
Optional (17)
- analyse consumer buying trends
- analyse logistic changes
- analyse logistic needs
- analyse supply chain strategies
- assess procurement needs
- category specific expertise
- conduct performance measurement
- identify new business opportunities
- implement procurement of innovation
- implement sustainable procurement
- international business
- negotiate sales contracts
- perform procurement market analysis
- procurement legislation
- procurement lifecycle
- report accounts of the professional activity
- 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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purchasing manager
7 shared · 18 more of its owncoordinate purchasing activities, assess supplier risks, identify suppliers, supply chain management
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import export manager
5 shared · 18 more of its ownexport control principles, embargo regulations, international import export regulations, speak different languages
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forecast manager
5 shared · 19 more of its ownassess supplier risks, identify suppliers, supply chain management, maintain relationship with suppliers
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import export manager in computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
5 shared · 19 more of its ownexport control principles, embargo regulations, international import export regulations, speak different languages
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5 shared · 19 more of its ownexport control principles, embargo regulations, international import export regulations, speak different languages
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