What is a Career in Purchase Management?

I think Purchase Management is a great Career option. Almost everyone seems to be talking about How to start a Career in Purchase Management, while I want to first develop an understanding of What is a Career in Purchase Management. In my quest to learn more about a Career in Purchase Management, I found this amazing page: https://www.lifepage.in/career/20171113-0002/Commerce/Management/Career-in-Purchase-Management/english

Aneesh Sharma’s outlook!

Aneesh Sharma is an experienced professional with 6 years in Purchase Management. Aneesh Sharma has worked in Purchase Management as Buyer Representative in Moksha. In Aneesh Sharma’s own words, this is how Aneesh Sharma got into Purchase Management:

“After my graduation, I helped my father in looking after the family business for around two years. I then took up a job of a purchase manager for a company called gipsy homes. It was the first time, I had worked in the field of purchase management and working with gipsy homes gave me great exposure. I soon shifted companies. I have been working as a purchase manager for a company called Moksha which is based in South America.”

Career Video on Purchase Management

In a video, Aneesh Sharma has talked about various aspects of a Career in Purchase Management. Aneesh Sharma started by explaining Purchase Management as:

“Purchase Management has three main aspects. First being sourcing which is finding the right product from the right place at the right price. Second being quality control that is to ensure that the standard of the product is met to match the needs of the Client. Lastly, logistics to ensure the smooth negotiations and final delivery of the purchased products.”

I watched the full video and I absolutely loved it.

I found the video unique because it talked about Education in terms of things which can be learnt from books, to excel at a Career in Purchase Management and not as a list of Qualifications, which one needs to get into Purchase Management. Aneesh Sharma touches upon these in the Education section of the Video:

General Knowledge
Logistics
Software
Accounting

Sills and success goes hand in hand. One needs to get a hold of essential skills.
Aneesh Sharma then explains why these Skills are essential for a Career in Purchase Management:

Communication
Negotiation
Eye for Detail

There are great positives of this Career.
Aneesh Sharma believes that the following are some of the Positives of a Career in Purchase Management:

Travelling
Own Boss
Well Paid

There are a few Challenges in this Career which one needs to be cognizant of.
And, Aneesh Sharma believes that one needs to prepare for following Challenges of a Career in Purchase Management:

Dealing With Suppliers
Quality of Products
Dealing With Forwarders

In the final section of the video Aneesh Sharma talks about How a day goes in a Career in Purchase Management. This video is by far the best video on a Career in Purchase Management, that I have ever come across. To see the full Talk, one needs to install the LifePage Career Talks App. Here is a direct deep link of the Video: https://lifepage.app.link/20171113-0002

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