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- Purchasing managers
Skill Paths for Purchasing managers
The following occupations share matching job skills with Purchasing managers and may be of interest:
Purchasing and inventory control workers process purchasing transactions and maintain inventories of materials, equipment and stock. They are employed by retail and wholesale establishments, manufacturing companies, government agencies and other establishments.
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- Bidding
- Business Administration
- Communications
- Customs Regulations
- Financial Planning
- First Aid
- Fundraising
- International Trade
- Inventory Turnover
- Management
- Management Systems
- Purchase Requisition
- Purchasing
- Sales
- Secondary Education
- Six Sigma Certification
- Supplier Evaluation
- Supply Chain Management
- Surveys
- Technical Information
Both Occupations’ Skills
- Adaptability
- Analytics
- Attention to Detail
- Bargaining
- Conciliation
- Consolidation
- Coordinating
- Cost Reduction
- Customer Service
- Cycle Counting
- Data Analysis
- Decision-Making
- Detail Oriented
- Diplomacy
- Driving
- Encompass
- Forecasting
- Innovation
- Interpersonal Skills
- Inventory Control
- Inventory Management
- Leadership
- Market Analysis
- Multitasking
- Negotiation
- Operations
- Oral Communication
- Organization
- Organizational Skills
- Performance Management
- Physical Inventory
- Planning
- Presentations
- Problem Solving
- Process Optimization
- Procurement
- Production Management
- Production Planning
- Professionalism
- Project Management
- Purchasing Management
- Purchasing Process
- Quality Control
- Quotations
- Reconciliation
- Relationship Building
- Sourcing
- Strategic Thinking
- Teamwork
- Templates
- Time Management
- Work Independently
- Work Order
- Writing
- Written Communication
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Supervisors of general office and administrative support workers supervise and coordinate the activities of workers in the following minor groups: Office support and court services occupations (1410) and Survey, statistical and data entry occupations (1411). They are employed throughout the public and private sectors.
Learn More FollowParalegals prepare legal documents and conduct research to assist lawyers or other professionals. Independent paralegals provide legal services to the public as allowed by government legislation, or provide paralegal services on contract to law firms or other establishments. Justices of the peace administer oaths, issue subpoenas, summonses and warrants and perform other court-related duties such as conducting bail hearings. Notaries public administer oaths, take affidavits, sign legal documents and perform other activities according to the scope of their practice. Trademark agents advise clients on intellectual property matters. Paralegals are employed by law firms, by record search companies and in legal departments throughout the public and private sectors. Independent paralegals are usually self-employed. Justices of the peace are employed by federal, provincial, municipal, and territorial courts. Notaries public are employed by government and in the public and private sectors or they may be self-employed. Trademark agents are employed by law firms and legal departments throughout the public and private sectors, trademark development and search firms or they may be self-employed.
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Supervisors in electronics manufacturing supervise and coordinate the activities of workers who assemble, fabricate, test, repair and inspect electronic parts, components and systems. They are employed in electronics manufacturing plants. Supervisors in electrical products manufacturing supervise and coordinate the activities of workers who assemble, fabricate and inspect electrical components, appliances, motors and industrial equipment. They are employed by companies that manufacture electrical products.
Learn More FollowOperators and attendants in amusement, recreation and sport assist patrons, collect tickets and fees and supervise the use of recreational and sports equipment. They are employed by amusement parks, fairs, exhibitions, carnivals, arenas, billiard parlours, bowling alleys, golf courses, ski centres, tennis clubs, campgrounds and other recreational and sports facilities.
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Insurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the activities of departments or establishments that provide insurance, mortgage, real estate and investment services. They are generally responsible for business development and must ensure that their group reaches performance levels related to established objectives. They are employed by insurance companies, real estate firms, stockbrokers, investment dealers, mortgage brokers and security and commodity exchanges.
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Supervisors in logging and forestry supervise and coordinate the activities of workers engaged in logging operations and silvicultural operations. They are employed by logging companies, contractors and government agencies.
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Supervisors of motor transport and other ground transit operators supervise and coordinate activities of truck drivers, bus drivers, delivery drivers, subway and other transit operators, chauffeurs and taxi and limousine drivers. This unit group also includes bus dispatchers who coordinate the activities of transit system bus drivers and subway traffic controllers who operate and monitor signal and track switch control panels. They are employed by motor transportation and ground transit companies and by urban transit systems.
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Supervisors in motor vehicle assembling supervise and coordinate the activities of workers in motor vehicle production departments. They are employed in plants which manufacture automobiles, vans and light trucks.
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Administrators in post-secondary education and vocational training include faculty administrators and registrars of colleges or universities and administrators of vocational training schools. Faculty administrators manage the academic and related activities of faculties of colleges or universities. Registrars manage registration activities and academic records systems of colleges or universities. Administrators of vocational training schools manage the operations of vocational schools specializing in trades, technology, business or other vocational subjects.
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