Purchasing Skills for Professional Development

The Purchasing Skills Matrix is a tool for executives who have Purchasing and supply chain resources reporting to them. The Matrix lists the skills and knowledge needed by supply professionals to do their jobs and is designed to help you:Identify the skills necessary for a specific job so you may hire employees with the required entry skills; Develop career paths and developmental plans for newly hired, as well as current employees; Develop training plans for employees.Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 - How to Use the Purchasing Skills Matrix Why Was the Purchasing Skills Matrix Developed?How Is the Purchasing Skills Matrix Organized?How Do You Use the Skills Matrix?Answers to Exercise 1Answers to Exercise 2 Chapter 2 - Comprehensive Purchasing Skills Chapter 3 - Purchasing Skills and Professional Assessment Chapter 4 - Purchasing Skills Matrix Buyer I/Buyer IIBuyer III/Specialist ISpecialist II/Specialist IIIPurchasing Manager IPurchasing Manager II/Purchasing Manager III Appendices Appendix 1 - Skills and Attributes DefinitionsLeadership Staff is the author of 'Purchasing Skills for Professional Development', published 2002 under ISBN 9781930759220 and ISBN 1930759223.