{"id":3180,"date":"2012-05-02T18:35:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2012\/05\/02\/at-what-level-are-the-procurement-professionals-who-have-earned-the-spsm-certification\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T08:47:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T12:47:54","slug":"at-what-level-are-procurement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/at-what-level-are-procurement\/","title":{"rendered":"At What Level Are The Procurement Professionals Who Have Earned The SPSM Certification?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a conference call this morning, a prospective client asked the subject question.\u00a0 When I responded that procurement professionals at all levels \u2013 from the buyer level to the chief procurement officer level \u2013 have earned the SPSM<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Certification, they asked for statistics showing the distribution among various levels.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe to our Newsletter below!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>So, we got right on that for them.\u00a0 And I\u2019m sure that they are not the only ones that are curious about this topic, so I\u2019ll post those statistics here for public consumption as well.<\/p>\n<p>Manager\/Senior Specialist Level \u2013 35%<br \/>\nProcurement Specialist Level \u2013 34%<br \/>\nDirector Level \u2013 9%<br \/>\nAnalyst\/Coordinator Level \u2013 8%<br \/>\nDepartment Officer\/VP\/Head Level \u2013 5%<br \/>\nAssistant\/Clerk Level \u2013 4%<br \/>\nSenior Executive Level \u2013 1%<br \/>\nOther \u2013 4%<\/p>\n<p>To give you a better idea of the job titles that comprise each level, consider the following sample lists of job titles that comprise each level:<\/p>\n<p><b>Manager\/Specialist Level<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Administrative Manager-Contract<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Manager<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Manager Purchasing<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Manager, Procurement<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Procurement Manager<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Purchasing Manager<\/li>\n<li>Buyer\/Asst. 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