Purchasing

Buyers bring home more in 2005
Metals buyers got a big raise in 2005. Respondents to Purchasing magazine’s salary survey responsible for buying metals had average earnings of $76,300 this year, an increase of 18% over 2004 when metals purchasers made $64,800.

• Regulations set stage for environmental action
• Paychecks are bigger, but not by much
• 2005 Salary Survey: Applause, please
• Expect "volatile and nervous" markets
• More testing possible
• Buyers target energy bills

2005 Salary Survey Salary by education Certification's impact on salary Salary by industry Salary by job title Salary by experience Salary by commodity Salary, by company size (annual sales) Salary by purchasing responsibility Cities with the highest average salaries Cities with the lowest average salaries Bonus, by job title Salary by gender One hundred thousand dollars or more Average salary of job title, by industry (thousand $) Average salary by job title, commodity managed (thousand $) CPI Edition Chemforecast: ABS Storms and costlier energy cut supplies, boost prices Chemicals Salary Survey 2005 Paychecks are bigger, but not by much Supply Chain Colaboration Purchasing and R&D strive to find the right fit Departments Buylines The challenges of creating a global sourcing organization Costs continue to challenge Hackett report finds best procurement orgs see greater ROI Compliance priority for '06 Who's News CPO Views Cost reduction just the start Inside Purchasing The road East Logistics Shippers identify 'must haves' on their wish list MRO MRO purchasers make less money than their colleagues HP's Connors to give NAPP event keynote Office Technologies Centralize, but give power to the people

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