How to Become a Buyer?

Are you thinking of becoming a Buyer or already started your career and planning the next step? Learn how to become a Buyer, what skills you need to succeed, how to advance your career and get promoted, and what levels of pay to expect at each step on your career path. Explore new Buyer job openings and options for career transitions into related roles.

Buyer Career Path

Buyer

Alias: Buyer II, Associate Buyer...(3)
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66% advanced to
2 - 4Years of Experience
€39K - €55K /yrAvg. Annual Salary
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66% advanced to

Senior Buyer

Alias: Buyer III, Buyer Supervisor
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2 - 4Years of Experience
€56K - €91K /yrAvg. Annual Salary
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Buyer IV

Alias: Lead Buyer
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5 - 7Years of Experience
Not Enough Salary Reports
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Salary Trajectory

Buyer Career Path

Buyer I
Buyer
Senior Buyer
Buyer Manager
Buyer IV
Director of Purchasing
€0
€22K
€44K
€66K
€110K

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Important Skill Sets for the Buyer Career Path

Administering
Requests
Typing
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Related careers in the Business Industry

Interested in other Business careers? Below are occupations that have high affinity with Buyer skills. Discover some of the most common Buyer career transitions, along with skills overlap.

Purchasing Agent
50% skills overlap
32% transitioned to Purchasing Agent