your job
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SuperSport
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 530
From: Central Fl.
On the cusp here.
Logistics for the same company for nine years. BUT......
Somebody on this forum knows something about purchasing management, please! I got called into the Big Chief's office and got told that my talents were being wasted. Bolt out of the blue he started talking about putting me in a one man purchasing position. 'Tis a 2.5 million company, small, I know, but I've seen it go from half that in the last year to it's present size and know that there is more growth coming.
If I pass the formal interview and get the slot, where are the potholes and traps? What is the most common mistake for the new guy? Besides seeing into the future and ordering enough to get through, how does one succeed? How is that success measured?
Sorry if this is a hijack, but I haven't ridden that desk, ever. Thanks.
Logistics for the same company for nine years. BUT......
Somebody on this forum knows something about purchasing management, please! I got called into the Big Chief's office and got told that my talents were being wasted. Bolt out of the blue he started talking about putting me in a one man purchasing position. 'Tis a 2.5 million company, small, I know, but I've seen it go from half that in the last year to it's present size and know that there is more growth coming.
If I pass the formal interview and get the slot, where are the potholes and traps? What is the most common mistake for the new guy? Besides seeing into the future and ordering enough to get through, how does one succeed? How is that success measured?
Sorry if this is a hijack, but I haven't ridden that desk, ever. Thanks.
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Back Marker
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 162
From: N. Ireland
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Squid
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 43
From: Baltimore, MD
I'm a contractor to the US NAVY, EOD Systems Safety Engineering, 15 years building equipment for EOD Diving, mines and littoral warfare, now working for big Navy. guns and bombs, keeping 'em safe.
Pictures? Funny...
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Pictures? Funny...
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Squid
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 5
From: Detroit area
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Squid
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 23
From: Canton Ohio
Car Salesman - My main brands are Hyundai, Lincoln/Mercury and Mitsubishi. I can also sell Chevy and GMC. Hyundai is my main source of income, and our business is through the roof right now. I also run our internet business for Mitsubishi.
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SuperSport
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 987
From: Asheville, North Carolina
Ran across this-looking for information-
Thought i would add to it.
8 yr. Marine(combat Med), ICE enforcement for the past 12yrs, Most recently finished a RN degree-and currently applying to societies needs.
Pictures of the current career, would probably embarrass most of you, And the good looking nurse wouldn't stand still for the photos...
Thought i would add to it.
8 yr. Marine(combat Med), ICE enforcement for the past 12yrs, Most recently finished a RN degree-and currently applying to societies needs.
Pictures of the current career, would probably embarrass most of you, And the good looking nurse wouldn't stand still for the photos...
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Squid
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 77
From: Lowestoft UK
Im currently a trainee Aplications Engineer for Weatherford Production Optimisation UK also studdying Operational Engineering Foundation Degree at college, before that I was an apprentice workshop technician for the same company for 4 years which I finished before I took on the Aps job
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Squid
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 41
From: Oakville, Ct
What do I do or what am I trained at?
I lost my job in February of 2010 {I know where it is, just someone else is doing it now}. At the time I was running a group home for 3 DMR clients. I took that position as a favor when the state cut funding to our agency. Before that I was in HR and Investigations looking into reports of Abuse or Neglect and doing handling disiplinary actions and DOL hearings. Yup, I was the guy everyone loved to hate!
My trainings??? Well I am a certified auto mechanic, I teach FirstAid/CPR/AED, I am a Physical/Psycological Management Training Instructor (keeps you, your client, or others from getting hurt if there needs to be a restraint) and a I teach a bunch of other courses too.
While I wait for the market to rebound I have been buying and reselling Miata's. They are easy to work on and the profit has been about a grand a car.
I lost my job in February of 2010 {I know where it is, just someone else is doing it now}. At the time I was running a group home for 3 DMR clients. I took that position as a favor when the state cut funding to our agency. Before that I was in HR and Investigations looking into reports of Abuse or Neglect and doing handling disiplinary actions and DOL hearings. Yup, I was the guy everyone loved to hate!
My trainings??? Well I am a certified auto mechanic, I teach FirstAid/CPR/AED, I am a Physical/Psycological Management Training Instructor (keeps you, your client, or others from getting hurt if there needs to be a restraint) and a I teach a bunch of other courses too.
While I wait for the market to rebound I have been buying and reselling Miata's. They are easy to work on and the profit has been about a grand a car.
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SuperSport
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 636
From: Baltimore, Maryland
I've had a few odd jobs from ski lift operator to mechanic at a Toyota dealership. Right now I'm delivering pizzas a local shop Michaels Pizza in Hereford.
This is the 1988 Supra I used to drive, now I switch between a toyota corolla and a Honda CRX Si.
This is the 1988 Supra I used to drive, now I switch between a toyota corolla and a Honda CRX Si.
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MotoGP
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 5,066
From: NYC
New York City night club manager. Cool pic dirtydog. I have a similar n-scale one that circumnavigates my apartment. I would take pics of my job but its boring. Just hundreds of drunk, hot chicks out for a night on the town. An episode of sex and the city was filmed here so they flock.
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Squid
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 51
From: Menifee, CA
I deliver the Twinkies (and other related goodies) for Hostess/IBC. Commonly know (here in the states) as a Route Delivery Sales. Can't really believe people consume that much **** 
, but then again, look at all the overweight people out there. Keepin me in business, for sure.
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SuperSport
SuperSport
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 880
From: Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada
I'm still alive for those who wonder 
, still own the turbo VTR, need to redo the fuel system tough, now I'm in James Bay north of quebec and working insane shifts. I just want to get the hell outa here, it's -42 deg C here, road sign cones break like glass, fiber optic cables feels like steel re-Bars, all stuff breaks, my truck died, heater on the pick up died and we are hauling a generator with electric heaters to try get this crazy job done.
My bike is far in my mind, but it will come back I swear this summer I'll be riding a turbo V-twin
, still own the turbo VTR, need to redo the fuel system tough, now I'm in James Bay north of quebec and working insane shifts. I just want to get the hell outa here, it's -42 deg C here, road sign cones break like glass, fiber optic cables feels like steel re-Bars, all stuff breaks, my truck died, heater on the pick up died and we are hauling a generator with electric heaters to try get this crazy job done.My bike is far in my mind, but it will come back I swear this summer I'll be riding a turbo V-twin
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Squid
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 14
From: St.Louis,MO
I'm a welder/fabricator.I build and install custom wrought iron. I'm getting to old to do the install so I'm going back to school to get a degree in CNC machining.Used to be the civilian foreman in a prison machine shop and taught myself to run manual machine equipment so need to learn the CNC part of it.
