Business skills will mean rich pickings
13 September 2012
Inflation-busting salary rises are continuing for purchasing and supply managers, but they are getting smaller. Robin Parker examines where pay in the profession is likely to go from here
What is a purchaser worth? For a profession in constant transition from its traditional support role to a more strategic one, it is increasingly hard to say. Not least for senior managers coming to terms with the changing nature of the role.
The latest Purcon salary survey puts pay for the average purchaser at about £37,000 a year. But pay is rising more slowly...