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Susan Avery -- Purchasing, 12/9/2004 2:00:00 AM
While purchasing professionals with responsibility for other commodities still take home bigger paychecks than the average $70,100 salary that MRO buyers command, top management at many companies are recognizing the strategic importance of the MRO buy. One such company is Pilgrim's Pride in Pittsburgh, Texas, where Tim Thomas, senior vice president of procurement, and Ron Pittington, director of procurement (mechanical), have management support for their initiatives, which include consolidating the MRO purchase and negotiating national agreements for many big buys. Readers can learn more about what Thomas and Pittington are doing at Pilgrim's Pride and the strategic importance of the MRO buy in PURCHASING's annual MRO Buying Report in the March 3 issue. And, if you didn't catch our Global Procurement Conference this fall, you can get a flavor of what you missed by going online to view one of the conference's session, "Successful MRO Commodity Management". The lively discussion features Dave Osten, a supply chain manager with 3M, Laurence Toney, senior category manager at eBay, and industry expert Tim Underhill. You can access the archived event for free at: www.globalprocurement.purchasing.com.
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