{"id":2189,"date":"2006-10-05T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-05T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2006\/10\/05\/documents-for-new-purchasing-manager\/"},"modified":"2021-08-11T14:35:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T18:35:23","slug":"documents-for-new-purchasing-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/documents-for-new-purchasing-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Documents For New Purchasing Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>I received an email from someone in a parent company who has been asked to take over the purchasing department of one of that company\u2019s newly acquired subsidiaries. She wanted some suggestions as to the documents she should request from the subsidiary\u2019s existing purchasing team.<\/p>\n<p>I thought that I\u2019d share those suggestions with you, too, here on this blog. Here were my suggestions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organizational chart<\/li>\n<li>Job descriptions<\/li>\n<li>Contracts<\/li>\n<li>Policies<\/li>\n<li>Procedures<\/li>\n<li>Purchasing goals and objectives<\/li>\n<li>Last several months worth of weekly reports<\/li>\n<li>Personnel files<\/li>\n<li>Performance reviews<\/li>\n<li>Cost savings reporting documents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/individuals\/membership\/\">Become a member of one of the world\u2019s largest procurement associations today.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/supply-chain-operations-leaders\/\">Supply Chain Operations Leaders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/mass-payment-systems-and-their-benefits\/\">Mass Payment Systems and their Benefits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/vendor-onboarding-process\/\">Vendor Onboarding Process<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/procurement-documents-the-proper-sequence-common-headaches\/\">Procurement Documents: The Proper Sequence &amp; Common Headaches<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/documents-for-new-purchasing-manager\/\">Documents For New Purchasing Manager<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/procurement-reports-2\/\">Procurement Reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\"><strong>NLPA Learning<\/strong><\/a>, the new home to all of our certifications and online courses. The Learning site also includes learning resources, including live and on-demand webinars, publications and reports, articles, templates, white papers, and much more!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Documents For New Purchasing Manager - Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/documents-for-new-purchasing-manager\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Documents For New Purchasing Manager - 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