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The business

What is a Buyer?

Its role

As the name suggests, theBuyer is responsible for all aspects of purchasing within a company. In this role, you are responsible for acquiring all kinds of products for the company you work for. That’s why this job is also known as “purchasing manager”.

Its field of action

As aBuyer, you may be responsible for supplying a pharmacy, a restaurant, small and medium-sized businesses or all kinds of large-scale distribution companies. In simple terms, you look for suppliers and talk to them about supplying your company with raw materials and/or finished or semi-finished products.

The functions

What does a Buyer do?

As aBuyer for a company, your role goes much further than just making purchases. The following tasks, among others, are also part of your remit:

analyse and define the needs of the company you work for

discuss and negotiate with suppliers

check the legal aspects of the process

detect the most interesting products to buy

represent the company to employees

look after the company’s interests

organising purchases

implement an effective purchasing strategy

complete the purchase

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Qualifications

The qualities and skills needed to be a good Buyer

If you want to become a good Buyer, you will need to develop the following personal qualities:

Ease of communication

A sense of analysis

Good interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Thoroughness and attention to detail

You also need to acquire certain skills to excel as aBuyer:

Language skills

Mastery of oral and written communication skills

Negotiation skills

Familiarity with sales and marketing

Be comfortable with e-commerce

The benefits

What are the advantages of being a Buyer?

To appreciate the benefits of being aBuyer, you first need to love it. If this is your vocation, you’ll have plenty to fulfil you throughout your career. One of the great things about this job is that it involves a lot of dynamism, so it’s far from monotonous.

As a buyer, social interaction is part of your daily life. So if you’re thinking of setting up your own business one day, your network can grow very quickly. The job itself is progressive and well-paid if you manage to excel in your field.

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Remuneration

Buyer: salary and career development

Being aBuyer can offer you a stable source of income, as long as it’s fairly well paid. When you start out, you can earn at least €2,000 a month, and €6,000 or more if you become an expert.

If you have the talent to handle and manage purchasing, you can always look forward to career development. With more experience, you could, for example, aspire to the position of Purchasing or Supply Manager . With all the skills you’ll have acquired throughout your career, you could even consider setting up your own distribution company.

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Up to

6 000€

Monthly salary

Training courses

How do you become a Buyer?

Our training courses

The ideal way to become a Buyer is to go to a business school. At INSEEC, for example, we teach this in a choice of 4 programmes, from bac level to bac + 5, depending on your career plans. You can also find out about the 10 specialisations we offer on our website.

The best way to become a buyer is to join the International Division:

MSC Purchasing and supply chain management.

But you can also opt for a Master of Science in Trade Marketing, Distribution & and Business Development or the Purchasing major on the Grande Ecole Programme. To see more options and related information, you can always visit our FAQ section.

Alternation

As with all jobs in the field of sales, international trade and marketing, you need experience to stand out as aBuyer. To gain this experience as quickly as possible, you can choose to do your work-linked training at INSEEC. This can give you the chance to do practical work while you learn theory.

Find out more about work-linked training at INSEEC