A day in life of buyer/planner out there? What's the most challenging part of the job? New to this area and wants to understand day to day challenges before jumping in. Does buyer/planner already given …

31 votes, 63 comments. Does anyone actually LIKE being a buyer? What are your dislikes with this job? Is negotiating stressful?

My first job after college as a buyer with zero experience was for 60k in a mcol ish area. (Chicago burbs)

Oct 17, 2021 · I couldn’t get a job for the life of me out of college (thanks a lot Management Information Systems major that was supposed to “take me places”) but I found a job posting for a temp buyer …

Oct 18, 2021 · Buyer/Purchaser and procurement jobs are different things. If you need advice, we need to know what you want to do specifically or what your job posting outlines

Apr 14, 2023 · My career took me though a couple different pro level retailers, moving from the yard to inside sales to buyer, co-manager, product manager and the last 15 spent doing outside sales with a …

Jan 5, 2023 · In the general tab of the material there is a field for “template job id” Enter the job number for the template job here. Now anytime a job is entered for that material it will auto-populate all of the …

Jan 2, 2023 · Buyer is the most straightforward and probably the lowest in overall ranking. Buyer tends to be a very “tactical” job, meaning you are doing the busy work associated with procurement, such …