The main job of the purchasing manager is to plan and direct the work being carried out by the staffs of the company who are engaged in selling the goods as well as receiving them from the company from where these goods are supplied. Let me tell you that this is really a very risky job and believe me that you will definitely have to make sure that all the transactions are made with prior notice to you.
If you want to become a purchasing manager then you will definitely have to make sure that you clear the interview round. You can be asked many questions during your interview and believe me that all of them will be definitely of good quality since you are applying for a reputed post.
The questions are as below:
1. What tools/ techniques are you fond of using in order to motivate your employees?
You can say that you ask the company to organize as many improvement programs as possible. You can also say that you get intermingled with the employees and do not let them realize that you are the boss and they are the subordinates. You make sure that all the employees work in a free environment.
2. How will you establish a strategic plan for the company?
You can say that you prepare a power point presentation to explain your strategy to your co members. You also make sure that you are able to explain the difference between the strategies and the tactic. Once your co member agrees then you pass the strategy to the senior most position for the approval. I must tell you that this is a perfect answer to the above question.
3. Suppose you are hired. Now suppose that you are asked to increase the sale and also meanwhile reducing the budget by 10%. What will you do?
You will have to use the brain in order to answer this question. Let me tell you that you cannot reduce the salary but you can change the goods which are being sold. Do not really change the goods which are the trademark of your company but do target some of them which are not being sold out. Try to invest in those goods which are being sold in more quantity. In this way you will be able to reduce the budget and you will also be able to increase your net profit as you will be selling more goods which are in demand.
These are few questions which might be asked from you. I must tell you that you can also be asked some of the questions which will require lot of brain. Hence you should be mentally being ready to answer any kind of questions.
