Introduction You're reading an essay about the career field of purchasing manager, and specifically why I would like to pursue becoming one. Perhaps you have worked with the purchasing department of a company before and are curious about the aspects of its functions; or you may be interested in pursuing this career field as well. This career can be rewarding for any individual who takes pleasure in leadership, doesn't mind working overtime, and has the ability to assume a holistic perspective (Trent, R. J., 2007). Another added benefit is that the salary of the purchasing manager is attractive as well. So let's begin by explaining the purchasing manager career in detail to discover why this career is a great fit for me.
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Harris (2000), the purchasing manager "sets purchasing strategy, organization, and goals", which is a decent summary of the job description from a book. But for a more personal viewpoint, I recently had the opportunity to interview a purchasing manager in the healthcare industry, and will now share a brief excerpt of their perspective. This is a point of view that you will not be able to find in books or articles because it is their unique response to the real work experience, and I believe the information provided gives a good overall job description. When asked about a typical day as purchasing manager, Ms. Matthess …show more content…
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I have been as IT personnel for many years and I am very familiar with how to resolve problems of the computer system and peripherals, and create alternative solution or backup plan for some extreme situations. I think I have jumped out of the comfort zone couple times from work in the past. I worked at a small business company. After system upgrade and implement new network switch and wireless access points, I had been asked to assist purchasing department because there were not much of IT work every day in the small size company. I accepted the challenge even this was not something I knew or been trained for. I started to learn and soon understood the term purchasing such of “FOB’, “Net Pay”, and how to be a buyer. This may be the benefit of being an extrovert person and the perception skill with marginal toward to sense. I was able to learn different things and made judgment of selecting right supplier base on factors and situation in comparison of a good amount of potential
In the 1960s through the 1970s, companies realized strong engineering, design, and manufacturing functions were strong market strategy keys to create and capture customer loyalty. As the demand for new products rose in the 1980s, these market requirements were to increase their flexibility and responsiveness to adapt existing products and processes or to develop new ones in order to meet customer needs. As manufacturing improved in the 1990s, managers began noticing material and service inputs involving suppliers and their major impact on an organization’s ability to meet customer needs. As a result of these changes, organizations now find that it difficult to manage their own organizations. First, they must be involved in the management of their network of all upstream firms that provide directly or indirectly, as well as the network of downstream firms, which are responsible for delivery and market service of the product to the end customer. In order to succeed, managers have to realize that they cannot do it alone and they must work together on a daily basis with the whole organizations in their supply chains. Because supply chain management involves all functions within an organization, managers need to know what a supply chain is, why it is important, and the impact of supply chain management on the success and profitability of their organization. Today, Wal-Mart topped the list of the America’s biggest companies on the Fortune 500 list, “with sales of almost $345 billion — more than a quarter of a trillion dollars” (Forbs). Wal-Mart’s supply chain management is becoming recognized as a core competitive strategy.
This matter is personal for me Everything is based on my personal experience as a 92Y – Unit Supply Specialist. I have 26 years in the supply sector. The US Navy has training me for 13 years as a PC (Postal Clerk). In US Army, I am a trained as a 92Y – Unit Supply Specialist for 13 years. What available resources that supports my claim that a 92Y Unit Supply Specialist soldier is the perfect candidate for a profession as a purchasing agent? The duties as a 92Y – Unit Supply Specialist and the duties of purchasing will be explained in greater detail. Then, what recommendation supports my claim. Finally, how does this profession reflect me as an individual.
Over this course of this semester, I have learned a tremendous amount of information about myself from the self-exploration series. The results of my PGI (Personal Globe Inventory) presented me with a couple of different career paths to explore. The first type of career that was brought up to my attention was an enterprising career. There were a number of enterprising careers, but the one that interested me the most was business management. I decided to choose the business management because I am majoring in Sustainability and my focus is in Economics. I think business management would be an excellent fit for myself because I have actually done some research prior to this class about management. I would like to someday own an ice rink, and I think that becoming a manager would be a great stepping-stone towards reaching my goal. The requirements for becoming a business manager vary from university to university, but the overall direction of the major revo...
Wal-Mart began operations in 1964 and has since become the world leader in retail. Walmart began with goals to provide consumers with goods when and where they wanted them (Frank, n. d). Walmart developed cost structures to allow its company to offer consumers everyday low pricing. Walmart’s corporate mission focuses on a global growth strategy through concentrated integration. Wal-Mart's supply chain management supports a fast and responsive logistics system. In this paper, I will converse about the history of Walmart, and its supply chain management
Whole month we had been studying Selling and Sales Management, according to the mysterious book “Negotiating Essentials” written by Michael R. Carrell and Christina Heavrin. Why mysterious? – Because it is not available in KUAS, thus we had to listen our teacher Jan carefully (but it is not the only one reason). Whole month we had to wake up early to be present in morning sections, had to reduce the level of coffee breaks with the aim to go home earlier and of course negotiated a lot. And now to be serious, what have we learn during these classes? That is what about we are going to speak in this work.
Walmart has demonstrated that it is not just a small retailer but an innovator on operations management since it was founded. Sam Walton started a small company but by having a solid operations strategy he was able to develop a global empire. Operations management is more than just the day to day workings but is of forecasting the future and finding innovative ways to improve to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Walton’s strategy follows the ideas of the basic lean principles. Even though Walmart provides some of the lowest cost products on the market today, they are constantly looking for ways to eliminate waste, increase speed and response, and reduce costs. Walmart is a company to watch when it comes to supply chain management as they work on ways to apply the lean principles to their already lean stores.
supply chain management. An area of focus for the company recently has been eCommerce, and
Wal-mart has been able to achieve respectable leadership in the retail industry because of its focus on supply chain management. Discuss in detail the distribution and logistics system adopted by Wal-Mart.
Purchasing process is the process of buying the right material, at the right quantity, at the right moment, at the right price and from the right supplier ( Heinritz et al, 1986). It can also be defined as the way an organisation behaves towards it suppliers, as suppliers are the pillar of strength for all organisations at large. According to We...
Monczka, R. M., Handfield, R. B., Giunipero, L. C., & Patterson, J. L. (2016). Purchasing and Supply Chain Management. Cengage
As an Industrial Engineer with more than 15 years of work experience, I choose Supply Chain Management (SCM) because I believe that logistics is the most dynamic, vibrant, challenging, technology driven area, and the future of any big national and international companies. It will give me the opportunity to know behind the scene of improving the companies’ performance by using SCM tools. If I work in this field, I can get my answers and a chance to work in the market of raw material, purchasing, production, distribution, logistics, and final goods. After finishing two semesters in the College of Business at University of Houston Downtown (UHD), I am really passionate about it and want to gain my knowledge in the logistics sector, learn new techniques and skills, and seek new opportunities.
Strategic management is the “identification of one or more sustainable competitive advantages a firm has in the markets it serves (or intends to serve), and allocation of resources to exploit them” (Business Dictionary, 2016). In order for industries and organizations to thrive, they must have strategies in place and strategic management processes to stay competitive, profitable, attractive to stakeholders, and to sustain advantages that set them apart from other competitors (Barney & Hesterly, 2015). The strategic management process involves a set of procedures that lead to choosing a strategy that will eventually lead to competitive advantage (Barney & Hesterly, 2015). The six steps of the strategic management process involves defining
In the career field, there are many careers and jobs to enjoy such as being a sales manager. As a sales manager, you will be expected to be a leader; however, a sales manager will also set a sales goal for the year, train and hire new members of his or her sales team, and will mark sales territories to certain salesman as to where they will sell their product. Most sales managers are expected to work long hours, late evenings, and weekends. Many sales managers’ annual wages are $98,530, but what a sales manager makes, depends on where he or she works. To be offered a good job with a big name branded company, most sales manager will have to have a bachelor’s degree in business and 1 -5 years’ experience with a sales team. A sales manager position is a fun, exciting job with a variety of different responsibilities.
My job at TCS has exposed to the various nuances of Supply Chain Management and therefore, I feel I can add value to my profession through a pursuit of this course.