What are the career prospects of purchasing?

Prospects for the development of buyers

China is a processing plant for the global manufacturing industry and an important link in the international supply chain system. In recent years, international procurement giants have adopted China as their cross-border procurement industry. base. Procurement talents are one of the most lacking industries in China. The three major demands of national procurement, enterprise procurement, and government procurement have rapidly led to the rapid growth of procurement management teams, and they have moved from the original regional to global procurement. On the one hand, a large number of foreign capital and joint ventures are pouring in, and their demand for procurement personnel with professional knowledge and skills is increasing day by day. On the other hand, many domestic enterprises must also quickly improve the quality and skills of their own procurement personnel to better cope with the situation. Challenges and shocks. Therefore, the competition for professional purchasing personnel has become one of the competitive strategies of enterprises. Professional procurement personnel who have both professional theoretical knowledge and rich practical experience have become talents that are in very short supply in our country.

While accelerating their expansion, many multinational companies are also desperately poaching people. From senior managers to ordinary procurement personnel, everyone has become the target of poaching. The demand for talents in the entire industry is on a straight-line upward trend. . According to reports from authoritative national media: In the next 3-5 years, my country’s demand for professional procurement talents will be approximately 1 million to 1.5 million. However, there is currently no formal national vocational qualification certification and higher education in this field. In people's traditional concepts, only production and sales are profit centers, and procurement is of course the "consumption center." However, if professionals adopt scientific procurement methods, they will spend less money and become a "profit center." ”, and the money spent less is pure profit. Research from an authoritative organization shows that for every 1% reduction in costs, sales revenue will increase by 16%, making procurement a platinum lever to leverage profits.

In China, the current salary levels of procurement practitioners are showing a "rising tide lifts all boats" trend. The salary report for the first quarter of this year provided by a recruitment website shows that the average monthly salary of purchasing personnel in Dongguan is around 4,000 to 10,000 yuan, while in China it is around 3,200 yuan. Statistics from foreign enterprise talent exchange agencies show that the current average monthly salary of professional purchasing managers in big cities is more than 7,000 yuan, and the annual salary of professional purchasing managers working in foreign companies is between 150,000 and 200,000 yuan. (The above data may vary slightly)

As for the future career development of purchasing personnel, there are many career paths to choose from: First, take the management path and become a professional purchasing manager. Professional procurement managers are well paid; second, upgrade procurement to supply chain management, which is also a very important position in manufacturing companies, and will also receive generous rewards; third, start your own business, which is the biggest advantage of procurement work The reason is that you have contact with a lot of people and know a lot of information. If you can grasp and make good use of these resources, it is not difficult to start your own business.