What Does a Materials Buyer Do?

Buyers, merchandiser and buyer are very different in English. The Chinese are generally referred to as buyers, purchasers, or fashion buyers. Fashion procurement is mainly responsible for purchasing products from one (or more) fashion brands. Fashion buyers must have a rich resume with years of familiarity with the market to be eligible as a buyer. The characteristics of an excellent buyer: First, kindness; first of all, must have a trustworthy attitude and ability. Second, irritability; must have a little personality. Third, tolerance. When the other party violates the rules first, but knows that they have few choices, he knows how to forgive him. Of course, in those cases where there are many suppliers, the second character is resolutely used.

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Buyer, except

1. Obey distribution, follow orders, and strictly abide by the company's various rules and regulations and related regulations;

2. Responsible for the company's procurement of materials and equipment;

1. Knowledge in three areas: management science knowledge,

One of the following conditions

(1) Continuously engaged in this profession for more than 3 years, formal training of purchasers has reached the required standard hours, and obtained a certificate of completion.

(2) Have a junior college degree (or above) in relevant majors, have formal training for purchasers to reach the required standard hours, and obtain a certificate of completion.

(3) The purchaser's designated examination institution is: the purchaser's professional qualification examination center

general

The educational background required by buyers varies widely. Most do not require a special education and degree, but they need to be very familiar with the products they need to purchase. For this industry, experience is more important than education, and excellent buyers can be promoted to

In addition to a qualified purchaser who is not greedy, does not take up, does not raise the unit price to get rebates, the more important is the procurement requirements

1. What should customers do if they are dissatisfied with or not agree with your price increase?

Customers and complaints about product price increases are often just a strategy. What matters is not the vertical, but the horizontal comparison with the competitors. As long as it is better than most competitors in homogeneous products and services. Man cannot change

Buyer Cost Awareness

Purchasing expenditure is the main part of the cost of goods sold. Therefore, the purchasing staff must be cost-conscious, and they will calculate carefully. The baht must be compared.

Secondly, it must have the concept of "cost-effectiveness". The so-called "one penny and one penny" must not be spent unjustly, bought items of poor quality or unusable, and can input (cost) and produce at any time. (Usage conditions-aging, wear rate, maintenance times, etc.) for comparison. In addition, for the content of the quotation, there should be analytical skills, and the "total price" cannot be compared. The raw materials, labor, tools, taxes, profits, delivery time, payment terms, etc. must be calculated on the same basis. Items are analyzed and judged.

Buyer Forecasting Ability

In a dynamic economic environment, the purchase price and supply quantity of goods often adjust and change. Purchasing personnel should be able to study whether the supply is sufficient based on various production and sales data, and then contact the supplier. They can also try to figure out from their "sale" attitude. Is it possible to supply the sundial. It can also be inferred from the rise and fall in the price of the raw materials of the goods how much the procurement costs will be affected. In short, purchasers must expand their knowledge and have the ability to "see and see the color" in order to pre-plan countermeasures for the future supply trend of items.

Buyer expression ability

Whether the purchaser communicates with suppliers in language or text, they must be able to accurately and clearly express the various conditions of the purchase, such as specifications, quantities, prices, delivery deadlines, payment methods, etc., to avoid ambiguity and breed misunderstandings, especially It is a busy procurement work, and the purchasing staff must have the expressive ability of "to make a long story short, to be concise", so as not to waste time, and to use "reasonable and affectionate" to obtain preferential procurement conditions, it is even more important for the procurement staff to exercise Expression skills.

Buyer coordination ability

Because the procurement business involves a wide range and many related departments, in order to make the procurement business run smoothly and obtain good performance, in addition to the efforts of the procurement staff, the close cooperation of the relevant departments within the enterprise is required.